The plague is much better but camus was pretty cringe overall
I'm reading Plague rn and it's indeed leagues better. I wrote him off for the longest time because Stranger was so meh, but I might try The Fall after this if it continues to be good.
There's another book called Seize the Day by Saul Bellow that I read soon after that floored me. Give that a try if you're looking for more existential-ish stuff.
It revoked me at the end of the book how he managed to stay in such a state. And, I worry there are some people like that, I might be one of them as well, which could be the source of this feeling.
No one in this thread has so far explained to the very least degree why they liked or disliked any book they've recommended.
What's the point of reading if you can't express yourself? You are NPCs.
Because people will like or dislike what they will anyway. I can tell someone all day why Joyce sucks and Tanizaki is amazing but if someone else feels akin to the former then that’s something that is WAY beyond my influence. People dont listen anyway. Let them learn for themselves.
The prose is horrendous and it's especially apparent when you read it in French. The plot isn't interesting at all and Meursault makes me think of a Harry Haller knockoff
Unfamiliar with the English terminology, is this passé composé vs simple? If so, the passé composé is used for recent / still relevant past actions and is also less formal. It feels like the narrator is telling (not writing to) the reader something that just happened or that the narrator doesn't have a structured idea of the past: all the past is a single blob.
completely agreed, I just cannot relate whatsover, I understand feeling as if certain simple choices can literally change your reality and how it can lead to feelings of absurdity, but the sheer autism that the main character exhibits is just fricking moronic, It's not someone I can relate to even though I understand what the message is. Finishing up myth of sissyphus and I'm going to consider this guy done with
>btfos psychoanalysis >btfos philosophy >btfos fascism (Plato, Hegel and Marx) >btfos religion >btfos evolution
How can people cope against BKPC (Big Karl Popper wiener)?
>The sun is literally killing me > haven't seen my mother for a while, in fact, can't recall the last time I called her > I've been toying with my toy revolver, a nice little thing, I'm not a /misc/tard or anything >guys actually complimented me on what's in your pocket thread. >the sun is literally scorching off the surface of earth while I sip latte at work, air conditioned, gotta stretch it out till 4.30 so I can take the office bawd to the beach and wash the salty crust off me. > tube in hallway keeps on scrolling on riots BC some 17yo good for nothing Algerian Arab was 'le dead'
mfw.jpg
>murder someone >Oh book how can this be, cruel irony, oh tempestuous fate, I, too, shall now die because I am being held responsible for my actions! ISNT LIFE LE ABSURD?!?!?!?!?!!
My interpretation was that he was struck by the impact of the situation (something finally has made an emotional impact, after months or years of depersonalization), but then when nothing happened, the feeling had worn off, so he started shooting in hopes that he would feel again.
People start with and end at The Stranger. Try The Fall.
I read the plague and liked it far more than the stranger
I'm reading Plague rn and it's indeed leagues better. I wrote him off for the longest time because Stranger was so meh, but I might try The Fall after this if it continues to be good.
Ive read the fall and I dont remember shit about it. Just fyi
>me no likey thing
>me likey other thing
Riveting commentary, frickface
it shouldn't it's absolute garbage
filtered
>Arab
If you've already been exposed to its ideas, then it'll appear less impactful. It's read in high school for a reason.
>story where the narrator dies at the end
Camusgays will defend this, without ever addressing the glaring question of where the manuscript came from.
The Akashic records.
Here at IQfy, we confine ourselves to discussing books that exist.
Same.
There's another book called Seize the Day by Saul Bellow that I read soon after that floored me. Give that a try if you're looking for more existential-ish stuff.
The plague is much better but camus was pretty cringe overall
this book made me feel sick.
ewhy
It revoked me at the end of the book how he managed to stay in such a state. And, I worry there are some people like that, I might be one of them as well, which could be the source of this feeling.
No one in this thread has so far explained to the very least degree why they liked or disliked any book they've recommended.
What's the point of reading if you can't express yourself? You are NPCs.
Because people will like or dislike what they will anyway. I can tell someone all day why Joyce sucks and Tanizaki is amazing but if someone else feels akin to the former then that’s something that is WAY beyond my influence. People dont listen anyway. Let them learn for themselves.
The prose is horrendous and it's especially apparent when you read it in French. The plot isn't interesting at all and Meursault makes me think of a Harry Haller knockoff
What effect does it being written in compound past instead of past historic have on the reader?
Unfamiliar with the English terminology, is this passé composé vs simple? If so, the passé composé is used for recent / still relevant past actions and is also less formal. It feels like the narrator is telling (not writing to) the reader something that just happened or that the narrator doesn't have a structured idea of the past: all the past is a single blob.
That’s because you read it in English.
Notes from the Underground is the quintessential /literally me/ novel
completely agreed, I just cannot relate whatsover, I understand feeling as if certain simple choices can literally change your reality and how it can lead to feelings of absurdity, but the sheer autism that the main character exhibits is just fricking moronic, It's not someone I can relate to even though I understand what the message is. Finishing up myth of sissyphus and I'm going to consider this guy done with
The Fall>The Stranger>The Plague
I didn’t like it until I read Camus explaining what he was trying to say, and then it clicked. I put it on the same level as The Trial now.
>I read Camus explaining what he was trying to say
Source?
His books Myth of Sisyphus and The Rebel explaining the philosophy his novels are based upon.
>btfos psychoanalysis
>btfos philosophy
>btfos fascism (Plato, Hegel and Marx)
>btfos religion
>btfos evolution
How can people cope against BKPC (Big Karl Popper wiener)?
>is George soros biggest inspiration
>The sun is literally killing me
> haven't seen my mother for a while, in fact, can't recall the last time I called her
> I've been toying with my toy revolver, a nice little thing, I'm not a /misc/tard or anything
>guys actually complimented me on what's in your pocket thread.
>the sun is literally scorching off the surface of earth while I sip latte at work, air conditioned, gotta stretch it out till 4.30 so I can take the office bawd to the beach and wash the salty crust off me.
> tube in hallway keeps on scrolling on riots BC some 17yo good for nothing Algerian Arab was 'le dead'
mfw.jpg
>murder someone
>Oh book how can this be, cruel irony, oh tempestuous fate, I, too, shall now die because I am being held responsible for my actions! ISNT LIFE LE ABSURD?!?!?!?!?!!
pretentious homosexual commie garbage
>t. zoomer
why did he wait for a while before shooting him more?
My interpretation was that he was struck by the impact of the situation (something finally has made an emotional impact, after months or years of depersonalization), but then when nothing happened, the feeling had worn off, so he started shooting in hopes that he would feel again.
I read it twice, just in case. I still find it stupid. "The Plague" was a tad better, but I was already biased against Camus (I hate the French).
I hate Camus and this book is painfully dull. It did nothing for me either.