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The Fall
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Nov 04, 2013
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How foolish I was to assume this would be a quick little read. I could not have been more wrong. I physically feel exhausted. How did Camus write this? The fall is as dense as they come, bitter, excruciating. Forces you to cogitate. The ideas are so repugnant and yet they keep gnawing inside your head. The words are like evil dark matter that establishes its authority right from the start and stays there dictating, vandalizing your property. I cannot believe I am giving this a 5 star rating. I don't know, perhaps it's a glimpse into a godless mind, a wretched heart drenched in hedonism, directionless and tired. It's unfortunate that people have to go through such misery.Also, it shows mirror to all of us, aren't we all hypocrites in one way or another? Writing this would have taken its toll on Camus, I am not ready to believe otherwise. The last few pages are going to stay with me, like headless serpents. I don't know, I feel blessed to be a believer, and also I'm shaken by this "quick little read".
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"wow . Dense stuff. Not easy. I have read these 30 pages more than twice already."
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Jan 11, 2014 09:55AM
Because it's beautiful.
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Every bit is challenging --hard to chew, imposible to swallow. Pun, satire, absurdist, dark, meaningful yet remains focused. At some points when it is too Athiest-like one feels disgusted but yes it is beautiful.
I have a lot against Camus's writing. The whole existential thing does not really work with us believers I thought. The anxiety that it brings along and the type of questions it asks are very irrelevant to us.Having said that, I don't take away anything from the Camus as being one hell of a writer. Love the satire and the beautifully crafted monologue but then again it does not blow me away once I finish reading Camus, I don't know why..I guess it's because we don't always ask the same questions, our domains are different and the kind of higher grounds that Iqbal, Rumi and Socrates and the likes have put us onto, it becomes difficult to seriously entertain these kind of ruminations.But that's just me.
Absolutely right! I extol the way you gave credit and took it away from Camus :) Undoubtedly existential and nihilistic concepts are beyond what we believers try to indulge ourselves in, but at the same point the monologue is intriguing from psychological point of view too. This palpable text is very exotic and extremely real. Did you notice the trance the person graduallly experienced? Transformation of air of indifference to failure? The whole idea of falling from grace made me become fan of this genius, of course, writing matters. Have you read The stranger? It is another dark stuff too surreal. I am planning to read The Rebel next sometime.
It's intriguing indeed. And yes I have read The Stranger, but I think this one is way more interesting so far. I haven't finished it yet.
This was something.phew.
insightful review. i agree that Camus does throw up challenges to believers (of whatever stripe), even though there is an existential strain in some segments of Christianity. i once read that Camus, although an atheist, didn't want to be one. he was just unable to make that "leap of faith," so to speak. i think that tension, between belief and un-belief, thoroughly saturates his work. it must have been a continual battle within him.
I agree and very nicely put @Jo
Human angst in purest form. Religions offer some shade and solace. Camus asks for none. He walks in Sunshine and rain..
Great Review--All Heroes are flawed Heroes-- "For every Achilles there is an Achilles heel--Your Heroes are flawed so are you.. now go out and be Heroic" Greitens ResilienceGo live your life...….
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phenomenal review!! i make all of your words mine. when i finished the book i felt chills go through my body
