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I started this book, finally, understanding that it was an example of existentialist philosophy but knowing little else. I began reading and immediately felt lost in the randomness of it all, in the detailed descriptions of settings and the truncated passages dealing with human exchanges. It was like I was a pinball, being randomly thrown about, much like the protaganist (though he had more input than he would likely admit). I finally had my lightbulb moment, realized that this was the point, an
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Alienation, no one's real but me, blah blah blah.
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Technically, I'm reviewing the Stuart Gilbert translation, but I've had the Matthew Ward translation on my to-read shelf for over a decade and didn't want to switch it out.
I knew nothing about this book, save that Camus was an existentialist and the book was super-famous, and I should have read it years ago.
I didn't realize it was so short, or so accessible, or so good. (Le Monde ranks it as #1 in 100 Books of the Century is a fact I just learned from Wikipedia...)
Once I read the opening line, " ...more
I knew nothing about this book, save that Camus was an existentialist and the book was super-famous, and I should have read it years ago.
I didn't realize it was so short, or so accessible, or so good. (Le Monde ranks it as #1 in 100 Books of the Century is a fact I just learned from Wikipedia...)
Once I read the opening line, " ...more
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Brandon Harwood
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it was amazing
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Jill
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Martine
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