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what's your favourite piece of philosophical fiction? i just finished the stranger and loved it. what criteria does a book have to meet, in order to be classified as "philosophical fiction"?

>> No.8115155

>>8115153
Steppenwolf

>> No.8115168
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8115168

The Bible

>> No.8115171

>>8115153
>philosophical fiction
Fiction with a philosophical theme

I liked Nausea.

>> No.8115178

The Plague

>> No.8115190

>>8115153
>what criteria does a book have to meet, in order to be classified as "philosophical fiction"?
one-dimensional characters

two-dimensional at most but that's usually reserved exclusively for the main protagonist

>> No.8115191

>>8115171
will i enjoy nausea if i haven't read any sartre?

>> No.8115192

I just published a free ebook that is a small collection of philosophical poetry. It is called Seeking Sophia by Adam R. Shipley and can be found on smashwords.com

>> No.8115206

>>8115191
Absolutely, but I do recommend at least reading No Exit first. It's a play and it's very short, you could finish it in one sitting. It's got a good protrayal of existentialism without pages and pages of discourse.

>> No.8115224

>>8115190
this is actually pretty accurate, but he's being a dick about it.
Characters are often representative of an idea or system of thought, so they are static characters.
Then you have the protagonist that makes some profound realization and the author's philosophy becomes clear at the end of that character's developmental journey

>> No.8115232

>>8115153
notes from the underground

>> No.8115237

>>8115206
if i pick up nausea in english, are there any translations i should avoid?

>> No.8115253

Jorge Luis Borges - (everything)
Ursula K. Le Guin - The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed,
Philip K. Dick - (everything)
Stanisław Lem - His Master's Voice, The Futurological Congress, Solaris
Greg Egan - Permutation City, Diaspora
Ted Chiang - Stories of Your Life and Others
Neal Stephenson - Anathem
China Miéville - Embassytown

>> No.8115255

>>8115237
No idea. I actually lost my copy, or else I'd tell you which one I had.
Sartre's not the kind of writer whose ideas would be lost in translation. He was more a philosopher than a writer, it was generally accepted that Camus was tge better literary writer of the two. he's pretty straightforward and unchallenging, but his ideas are intriguing and his writing is engaging.

>> No.8115301

>>8115237
I read the Richard Howard translation, and later on the original. Didn't really matter much in the end.