![]() ![]() Suffice to say, after many decades of not reading Camus, I was not disappointed at all when I returned to this book.Ī while back I decided to read books that Kim Nam Joon from BTS has been seen either reading or recommending. Is Meursault a criminal? Is Meursault the victim of this novel? Or is Meursault simply wanting to live his life in his own way without being disturbed? For those who have not read this novel I will give no response to these questions, and given how short the novel is, I won't give any kind of precis or critique. This time I did understand the text, this time I was totally gripped by the intensity of the "non-action", and fully understood the main character.Ĭamus has made an excellent job of illustrating how societies, in general, have preconceptions and anyone who does not conform to those preconceptions are clearly an alien species and are to be treated as such. No longer having any of the books I bought in my youth, I was eager to buy this and read it through again. ![]() Looking back, I likely had no idea what it was all about, no real idea of existentialism, but something in the text appealed to me and has stayed with me during my life. I first read Camus when I was 16/17 - many long decades ago. ![]()
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