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“The plague” by Albert Camus
I got this book a few weeks ago and I’m having a great time with it! A lot of the situations and issues it places are extremely relatable to me (in many ways) and feel extremely akin to modern times, especially in relation to the never-ending “progress” bullshit we’ve been fed lately.
Maybe my reading of the book is a little too political, but I’m enjoying it a lot so far! Would love to read more works by Camus after this one, good stuff.
Aug 05 · 4 weeks ago · 👍 stack, wasolili, fab, gemalaya, alice-sur-le-nuage
🐦 wasolili [...] · Aug 05 at 21:25:
I read it several years ago. My memory has faded of the finer details but I remember thinking it was overall pretty good but, at times, a bit monotonous, although in a way that was befitting of the theme.
I have a copy of Exhile and the Kingdom and although I know I read it, I have essentially no memory of any of its short stories beyond thinking "The Plague was much better"
I read it as a teenager and really enjoyed it. I remember how eye-opening it was to realize that events that seem singular and monumental in retrospect, are slow slogs in real time, and life goes on anyway.