Show Off Your Bookshelf

**Marie Monday** · 05-16-2021, 04:48 PM

nice book collection, Frown
I don't have much here; I always leeched off my mom's really large collection, basically using it as a library, until corona came and I got stuck here in England without being able to refresh my book pile more than twice a year. So it's only recently that I've had the need to accumulate more books of my own. Also my housing situation is a bit unstable and I don't have a bookcase, so they lie around in chaotic stacks

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The Batlord · 05-16-2021, 04:56 PM

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I'm only a couple hundred pages in, but if you've read any continental philosophy before, you should be able to handle it. It definitely takes focus and could use brevity in places, but his poeticism and the diversity of materials he references make it worth it. I've heard similar things and while there is some dry economics, it's not nearly as rough as I was expecting. I'm also reading David Harvey's companion to Capital, which helps. I prefer it to the manifesto so far, Marx is better when he has space to breathe.

Geh. I really should start reading all that theory ****. Politically I'm lost and nihilistic aside from being firmly anti-capitalist and grounding my brain with socialist nerd **** might be productive.

**Frownland** · 05-16-2021, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

nice book collection, Frown
I don't have much here; I always leeched off my mom's really large collection, basically using it as a library, until corona came and I got stuck here in England without being able to refresh my book pile more than twice a year. So it's only recently that I've had the need to accumulate more books of my own. Also my housing situation is a bit unstable and I don't have a bookcase, so they lie around in chaotic stacks

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Dickinson <3

Are the Bennink and Misha Mengelberg books written by them or about them? My friend and I were just listening to this album yesterday

That Proust set looks really nice. I have an almost 100 year old copy of Swann's Way that I need to get to.

**Frownland** · 05-16-2021, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Geh. I really should start reading all that theory ****. Politically I'm lost and nihilistic aside from being firmly anti-capitalist and grounding my brain with socialist nerd **** might be productive.

Fanon's very readable, might be a good place to start.

**Marie Monday** · 05-16-2021, 05:12 PM

the Mengelberg and Bennink books are about them, gifts from a Dutch jazz friend I made. I spent HOURS tracking down the cheapest copies of these specific Proust editions lol, worth it. Swann's Way is not among them because it's what I'm currently reading (I ordered them weeks ago but one of them got delayed and of course it was book 1)

edit: wait actually no, the Mengelberg book is his own writings! I haven't gotten around to that one yet, now I'm excited

**Frownland** · 05-16-2021, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

the Mengelberg and Bennink books are about them, gifts from a Dutch jazz friend I made. I spent HOURS tracking down the cheapest copies of these specific Proust editions lol, worth it. Swann's Way is not among them because it's what I'm currently reading (I ordered them weeks ago but one of them got delayed and of course it was book 1)

edit: wait actually no, the Mengelberg book is his own writings! I haven't gotten around to that one yet, now I'm excited

That's awesome, he was a pure soul and I bet his writings capture that.

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I have an almost 100 year old copy of Swann's Way that I need to get to.

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I would be concerned about ruining it by reading it, but I got it for cheap at a bookstore that specializes in antique books which usually means that it's mass produced and easyish to find.

**Marie Monday** · 05-16-2021, 05:32 PM

oh that's a beautiful copy!
I guess there's no translation available so I'll report on the Mengelberg book for everyone here who's a fan of his

Lucem Ferre · 05-16-2021, 05:38 PM

Nice Tomie too.

Maybe I should read Das Kapital, I thought the manifesto was a bit underwhelming with how short it was and all. I guess it was supposed to be a call to arms rather than a template to base political ideologies off of.

Lisnaholic · 05-16-2021, 05:41 PM

Thanks for reviving this thread and showing us your bookshelves. I found them fascinating to look at.

Shared with Marie:
I've also read Capote, Collins (if it's The Moonstone peaking out from behind your speaker), Kafka, Burroughs, Camus, T.Mann, Joyce, Vonnegut, Dostoyevski and Lovecraft.
Shared with Frownland:
...er, well, I also keep my books on shelves, so we definitely have that in common!

The Batlord · 05-16-2021, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

Nice Tomie too.

Maybe I should read Das Kapital, I thought the manifesto was a bit underwhelming with how short it was and all. I guess it was supposed to be a call to arms rather than a template to base political ideologies off of.

Yeah but Kapital is supposed to be an in depth economic description of how capitalism works. They're two different works with two different purposes with Kapital being an economic science work where socialism beforehand had been a philosophical movement without the receipts to properly call out capitalism as an economic system. At least that's my understanding.

I just ordered volume 1 of Kapital so if anyone wants to start a Kapital reading group I'd be down.

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Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Thanks for reviving this thread and showing us your bookshelves. I found them fascinating to look at. Shared with Marie: I've also read Capote, Collins (if it's The Moonstone peaking out from behind your speaker), Kafka, Burroughs, Camus, T.Mann, Joyce, Vonnegut, Dostoyevski and Lovecraft. Shared with Frownland: ...er, well, I also keep my books on shelves, so we definitely have that in common! __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953