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Originally Posted by Final_Product
I shall hold off reading those chapters until you are done then. Where I may print out, read, enjoy (and then destroy) the draft  |
Hehe. Well, it wont be long before I finish. I doubt it will be picked up by someone as I am a newbie, and its not a spy-thriller, its largely a whimisical satirical book.
But as for recs, you know, its all about subjective taste-- thats the beauty of literature. But I know you were going to try some Camus; if you do, go for the Plague and THe Fall (my fave from him) His play Caligula is first rate as well. I like to read the inspirations or the influences of favorite writers--thats how I read everything I do. For instance, Camus, as an author, was largely influenced by Dostoevksy and Andre Gide. So, Im sure your familiar with Fyodor, but as for Gide, the Immoralist is a wonderful wonderful book. His Ecologues and Theseus are wonderfully written as well. However, as he was a noted homosexual, his books (although terribly well-written) have a strain of Nietszchean homosexuality running throughout. Just a warning. But his prose is quite similar to Flaubert: flowing, poetic, lyrical.
Oh, and on a philosophical note, I'd say Kafka's The Castle may be the best to read. It is an incredibly trying book however.