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this is just fascinating for me since I picked up The Stranger last week and am mesmerized by his writing style. The Plague is now next on my list. I don't want
by DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
this is just fascinating for me since I picked up The Stranger last week and am mesmerized by his writing style. The Plague is now next on my list. I don't want to compare him with others since he very much has a distinct & brilliant style (short crisp and far from pretentious - sentences are clear and appeal to uneducated riffraff like myself - think I have seen this also in Orwell and Hemingway). The feelings and emotions he raises in me are nevertheless similar to those I get when reading Kafka and Dostoevsky. Truly amazing being in this man's head. I only regret not having picked up his work sooner.
- tpfour 7y agoI read it in French and these words will forever live in my soul: Aujourd’hui, maman est morte. Ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas. I found his writing style exquisite. He got me "in the zone" after one sentence.
- antognini 7y agoIt's worth noting that Camus consciously adopted an "American" literary style in The Stranger which was modeled off of authors like Hemingway.
- bookofjoe 7y agoSee also: "The Fall"