A wall of leaves, 28-08-2021
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, White Nights
how do i delete myself and everything ive ever said from other ppl’s minds
I can smell these pictures
peaky blinders → 5.01
Rare ➤ Man Overboard
and yeah, it’s really quite more painful than it sounds i can’t believe we’re losing the connection that we found i’m heavy with the weight of missing you, my dear, and i would tell you how but you’re too far away to hear that this was the worst day, cause this was the first day that you’re gone
•Claire de lune•
•Debussy•
Shit, it’s 2020 and I’ve updated this Behemoth again.There’s both old and new in here. If you’re having problems with links overlapping, it is most likely the app/dashboard glitching—try the permalink version, and everything should work out, even on mobile. And of course, HAVE FUN.
Also: I had to split this one in two otherwise the links just poof, disappear. Part two is here.
Ressources : where to find books online?
CLASSICAL LITERATURE (ANTIQUITY+) Where should I start? The fundamental works Where should I start? The mythology-oriented works Where should I start? Mythology, but make it non-greek Where should I start? Slavic mythology especially Where should I start? The translation edition A very touristic overview of Ancient Greek literature Different texts for Antigone Different texts for Elektra Different texts and translations for The Odyssey
CLASSIC [? who cares] BOOKS (ALL ERAS) First things first : a few favourites And works in translation : a few more favourites That’s a bit personal, but my “mind-changing” books A very touristic overview of literature reading Where should I start? My first classics Modern classics Reading women : a few favourites ; wait, much more Reading men : a few favourites Children literature : a few favourites ; more Where should I start? English and US literature Where should I start? Italian literature ; more Where should I start? German and Austrian literature Where should I start? Russian literature Where should I start? Irish literature I’m terribly unknowledgeable about—Japanese literature Where should I start? Renaissance literature Where should I start? French literature for intermediate level Where should I start? French Medieval literature Where should I start? Victorian literature Where should I start? Contemporary literature Diving into the Arthurian legend Reading classics to children Children literature for adults (?) A bit of myth, a bit of fairy tale Short-length classics ; more here ; more here Short stories One last thing: books I don’t want to check out
POETRY First things first : a few favourites Second things second : a bunch of recs Where should I start? Poetry Quickly, the poets of happiness Learning French? Easy French poetry Lesbian French poetry Russian poetry : a few favourites Narrative poems ; much more Mystic poems Poems about separation Poems about love Poems about happiness Poems about exile Poems about poetry
DRAMA First things first : a few favourites
NON-FICTION First things first : a few favourites ; more recent On translation ; on poetry and music translation On literary analysis and adaptation On first-level literary analysis and French movements On biographies and diaries ; more here ; and more? On writing theory and another one On art history On reader-response theory On feminism (it’s old) On love, quite a bit Very lacking, but on female history On witches On Sufism Literary interviews Essays
YEARLY SUMMARY Best of 2019: all of it Best of 2018 : Prose Summary of 2018 Best of 2017 : Fiction Best of 2017 : Poetry Best of 2016 : Fiction Best of 2016 : Poetry 2016 Summer reading list 2015 - 2016 awaited releases Best of 2015 : Fiction Best of 2015 : Poetry
and click here for thematic lists
this is unfair. it’s always, “hi, how are you?” and never, “you have bewitched me, body and soul, and i love, i love, i love you. and wish from this day forth never to be parted from you” :(