Hackers' Pub

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`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Alecs Ștefănescu @catileptic@chaos.social

6/4/2025, 1:30:02 PM

Public

Just finished Arundhati Roy's book, "God of Small Things".

Along with Pankaj Mishra's "Run and Hide", these books mark my new standard for how beautiful prose looks like.

Both books made me feel intense emotions, to the extent that I still remember passages from Mishra's book, months after I finish it, and feel intense pangs of sadness.

Any recommendations for similar books, in terms of intensity and, overall, the critique of society?

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