/lit/ - Literature

>>4905781

Taken from the comments section:

"I know it sounds pretentious as fuck but I think you're meant to say Albert Camus like all French because he's from Belgium or something. Like you know, if someone from France said an English person's name, they'd say like the English do."

>albert kay-muss

>>4783180

>>4740541
No one hates themselves. Even suicide arises out of self-love.

Why is his adaptation of The Possessed so terrible? The original is one of my favorite books and Camus is a very talented playwright.

>Can/should books be adapted into theater plays?

When dealing with a well-known intellectual with an expansive body of work, is it ideal to read their essays and then their fiction, or their fiction before their essays?

I guess to phrase that differently, should I read a work of more explicit conclusion before I read the literature to try and determine the authors vision or position, or should I experience the literature with a blank slate before reading explicit views?

quickly, rank Camus's works according to your personal preference

>>4375895
not as much as his once friend turned rival

>>4358915
>i'm bored of predictable "white" stories

how can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real?

>>4290918
>*action*

Finished reading The Stranger a while back, and got this idea that I need to share.
While in prison, Meursault, talking to the chaplain get's to the realization that, if he would get to live his life again, he would't mind so much thing, mind them even less. And in the end he makes this realization about his mom, about how she's not to feel sorry upon.
My idea here is that Camus is giving Meursault another chance in the life of each reader. So when he's thinking about living all that again, is kind of saying that to the reader.
What do you think, lit? Any more interpretation? I think this may be a good time for a general discussion on the book as well.

I don't deal with it, it deals with me

>>4240566
>I bask in your creativity like some sort of reptile

All the good ones were already taken.
-Albert Camus

Because it's philosophical suicide

Did Camus really say “There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for"? I see it attributed to him but I never with a source.

I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend, you could cut ties with all the lies, that you've been living in. And if you do not want to see me again, I would understand. I would understand.

What books by Camus do you think are most likely to be appreciated by someone who strongly disliked The Stranger?

>>2992898
Forgot my face

>>2986815
Calm down, you are talking in different dimensions now. First step is getting to the first fuck.

So...how about this Tao Lin guy?

>>2459887
>mfw when only fools delude themselves into belief in the face of insurmountable irrationality, and thus destroy the harmonious absurdity of human existence

No, sir, it is you who have the problem.

It's going to be an autobiographical novel, and i'm sure critics will be praising it as my masterpiece for years to come.
I'll tell you more about it in a bit though, I need to go on a drive.

>existentialism