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Is this even worth finishing?
I've read 50 pages and so far It's just the diary of an overly introspective recluse...

>> No.3770259

>>3770208
At page 102 the aliens finally show up. The autodidact is captured and turned into a beacon of corrupted knowledge that radiates out and turns all young boys insane. It's awesome.

>> No.3770262

>>3770259

And then in page 103 it goes back to introspection.

>> No.3770298

He does kinda repeat himself alot

>> No.3770308
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3770308

How anyone can read Sartre is beyond me.

>> No.3770329

>>3770208
>It's just the diary of an overly introspective recluse

how is that criticism

>> No.3770334

Not really related, but has anyone read Baudrillard's Simulacrum?

It's only around 176 pages in length but holy fuck is it full-on. I've been reading a lot about postmodernism recently and it does seem pretty interesting, despite my initial suspicion that it was a hollow term used by hollow people

>> No.3770396

>>3770334
It's definitely not just a hollow idea. Although I suspect that at times he's intentionally obtuse in his prose.

>> No.3770397

You can finish it in 2 days stop being lazy.

>> No.3770456

i haven't read it since i was 16 or so, but at the time i thought it was good. there's a great passage where he's in a snowy park and he gets the impression that it's smiling at him or something. what translation are you reading? try the french if you can

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>>3770308
How Satre can read anyone is beyond me.