Just finished The Plague. Fucking loved it. Thought it was better than The Stranger but not as good as The Myth of Sisyphus. Anyone else love Camus? What's your favorite by him and why? Camus general.

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Anonymous Tue May 31 14:16:21 2011 No.1817532 [Reply] [Original]

Just finished The Plague. Fucking loved it. Thought it was better than The Stranger but not as good as The Myth of Sisyphus. Anyone else love Camus? What's your favorite by him and why?

Camus general.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 14:19:35 2011 No.1817544 FUCK YEAH PLAGUE Did you know it's a response to `1984 by george orwell?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 14:21:21 2011 No.1817549 >>1817544 ...and an allegory for wart on terror...

>>	Anonymous Tue May 31 14:25:21 2011 No.1817560 >>1817544 You must be trollin'. The Plague was published in '47. 1894 was published in '48. Try harder.

Anonymous Tue May 31 14:37:21 2011 No.1817582

Read The Stranger years ago, I plan on re-reading it this summer along with his other writings I haven't had the time to read yet.

A Happy Death I read a few months ago and it was surprisingly good. Maybe not as focused, though. More laid back than The Stranger, but still badass.

Truman Capote !!cO9KVBDtkqQ Tue May 31 14:40:21 2011 No.1817592
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The Plague is my least favourite of his works, for L'Etranger is by far his best.

It seems strange to me how people are often so polarised between L'Etranger and The Plague, although I'm convinced it's something to do with the reader's personal taste rather than some philosophical disparity.

L'Etranger is probably my favourite book because it perfectly intwines the human and the philosophical.

The Plague felt more like a compromise between the two dimensions.

>>	Deep&Edgy !pSkjEcB9sQ Tue May 31 14:53:21 2011 No.1817624 File: 8 KB, 135x234, earman.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1817592 >human and the philosophical >human >philosophical >a difference

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