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Originally Posted by elphenor
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
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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.