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Embrace the Absurd!

The Stranger by Albert Camus

August 18, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 2 Comments

BINGO – People Meursault learns that his mother has just died. This news has no discernible effect on him other than he requests off from work to attend her funeral and burial. He displays no typically displays of grief and returns promptly to his life; hardly anything has changed. He starts dating an old acquaintance; he helps his friend with some relationship problems; he goes on vacation. Then, Meursault murders a man. All of the recent events and Meursault’s character are discussed and argued over […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: absurd, absurdism, albert camus, cbr13bingo, novella, Philosophy

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: absurd, absurdism, albert camus, cbr13bingo, novella, Philosophy ·
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My special circle included Edna Ferber, one of the most prolific writers of her time–a scold, a snob, a low-profile dominatrix whose corseted asperity was never far from busting out.

Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel

The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus

Good Bye to All That by Robert Graves

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale Hurston

Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser

The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

Harriet Tubman by Ann Petry

September 23, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This post with multiple reviews represents a clearing of the cache of backlogged Audible audiobooks (mostly quite short) that I am trying to work my way through. My audiobook TBR is significantly longer than my paper book TBR, which is almost always less than 10 at a time.   Can Your Ever Forgive Me? – 4/5 Despite the party line from English teachers about plagiarism and fraud and academic honesty, I do love a good con artist. And literary con artists have always had a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: albert camus, Ann Petry, Can You Ever Forgive Me, George MacDonald Fraser, kurt vonnegut, Lee Israel, robert graves, Zora Neale Hurston

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:507 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: albert camus, Ann Petry, Can You Ever Forgive Me, George MacDonald Fraser, kurt vonnegut, Lee Israel, robert graves, Zora Neale Hurston ·
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Doctor Ain was recognized on the Omaha-Chicago flight.

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr

Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen

Orange World by Karen Russell

The Fall by Albert Camus

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield

July 28, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

CBR12Bingo – Gateway (Author) Her Smoke Rose Up Forever: 4/5 Stars This is one of those books that I spent multiple years trying to get myself through. I read one of the stories “Houston, Houston, Do You Read?” awhile ago and really liked it. It’s almost like a play on a kind of Twlight Zone type stories with a big twist, but it’s longer and more nuanced and more realized than one of those stories. Instead, it feels like a heavy influence on someone like […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: albert camus, ballet shoes, cbr12bingo, Gateway, happy, her smoke rose up forever, Isak Dinesen, james tiptree jr, Karen Russell, Noel Streatfield, orange, orange world, seven gothic tales, The Fall

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:411 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: albert camus, ballet shoes, cbr12bingo, Gateway, happy, her smoke rose up forever, Isak Dinesen, james tiptree jr, Karen Russell, Noel Streatfield, orange, orange world, seven gothic tales, The Fall ·
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Maman died today.

The Stranger by Albert Camus

March 18, 2020 by vel veeter 1 Comment

Or maybe “Mother died today.” Or maybe “Today, mother died.” Or maybe “Today, maman died.” Or maybe “Mommy died today.” During the quarantine (the incorrect word, I know) I assigned my college composition kids to read The Metamorphosis and one of the things I asked them to do with it is look at the opening line as it’s been translated by multiple different translators. Then I said to put the German sentence into Google translate and see what you get. Because we’re in distance learning, we […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: albert camus, the stranger

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:134 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: albert camus, the stranger ·
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“The first thing that plague brought to our town was exile.”

The Plague by Albert Camus

March 11, 2020 by blauracke 5 Comments

In the French Algerian city of Oran, some time in the 1940s, the rats are coming out of the sewers to perish in the streets. Soon, the first people begin to die and it becomes clear that it is an oubreak of the bubonic plague. The city is subsequently sealed off and the inhabitants are left to fend for themselves. I saw this on my shelf and thought, although I realize that this may sound a bit morbid, why not re-read it now, in the […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: albert camus

blauracke's CBR12 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: albert camus ·
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A cavalcade of finery, from existential nihilism to haunted funeral attire.

May 22, 2016 by ingres77 7 Comments

I’ve fallen further behind in my reviews than I ever have. So, I’ve decided to do what I did for The Dresden Files: combine my reviews into one giant post. Is that cheating? I feel like that’s cheating. The longer I drag this out, though, the more I’m likely to fall behind. The Stranger, by Albert Camus (5 stars) Firstly, I read this because it’s one of the most frequently cited great novels from French literature. In my quest to read more classic novels this […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: albert camus, Chinese, Elmore Leonard, existentialism, French, hard science fiction, Heart Shaped Box, horror, japanese, joe hill, Keigo Higashino, liu cixin, Philosophy, Pronto, read harder challenge, rock n' roll, Stephen King, The Devotion of Suspect X, the stranger, the three-body problem

ingres77's CBR8 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: albert camus, Chinese, Elmore Leonard, existentialism, French, hard science fiction, Heart Shaped Box, horror, japanese, joe hill, Keigo Higashino, liu cixin, Philosophy, Pronto, read harder challenge, rock n' roll, Stephen King, The Devotion of Suspect X, the stranger, the three-body problem ·
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