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Old 12-11-2022, 12:54 PM   #7553 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by elphenor View Post
just finished Camus "The Fall", the book a certain post-punk paid homage to in name

it's good, avoids traditional narrative structure in a way that makes it better than "The Stranger" in a way, even if doesn't have as succinct a thesis

when you try to explain a Camus book you generally rob the message of any of its impact

but I'd say this would pair well with Kafka's "The Trial" for a semi-autibiographical existentialist crash course in the nature of judgement
Great book. I read it back in college because I was a fan of The Fall (band). I read The Trial in college too due to its appearance on that Belle & Sebastian album.
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