L'Etranger!

[pwndrew]

I recently finished Camus' "The Stranger," and though it was very well done, I found its "point" almost illogically nihilistic, the product, perhaps, of an unsatisfying individual existence on the part of the author, and not necessarily a well-reasoned take on the human experience. I am of the opinion that indifference to one's own existence does

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[eazy3]

He's so ruggedly gorgeous though!

[casualflex]

You need to call me more.

uhm... starting now...

:)

[buttercup_]

Hey there. I found your journal randomly, though I suspect we have some mutual friends/acquaintances, and found this post interesting, as I finished reading The Stranger quite recently myself.

Have you read Camus’ essay, The Absurd Man? If not, here’s a link (it’s not that long). http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/00/pwillen1/lit/absur.htm I read that after reading The Stranger, and it provided a lot of interesting insight into the condition of the protagonist. As well, he makes it clear that he does not fully relate to or advocate the absurd lifestyle, and definitely not to the extremes portrayed in the book, however there is some value to the principles, in my opinion.