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Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
5.0
“Im sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.”
The bane of my existence. This book portrayed it perfectly and beautifully. I will never forget the first time I read it.
The bane of my existence. This book portrayed it perfectly and beautifully. I will never forget the first time I read it.
De vreemdeling by Albert Camus
5.0
I don’t know how to describe what I just read.
First of all I’d like to point out that this book is definitely one of my favourites from now on. That has the following reasons.
First of all, this book raises a lot of questions for me. It raises questions about humanity and it raises questions about life and death. Also it captures being locked up, being ripped of your freedom. Something most people will not relate to and I didn’t think I’d relate to but I did anyhow. I felt that the feeling of reliving the same day over and over again with only a few insignificant changes was described perfectly. And even though I’ve never been arrested, even though I’ve never been locked up. I have been ripped of my own freedom. I have been captured in my own body, in my own thoughts. I have obeyed rules that my heart didn’t want to follow but my mind made for me. It’s strange and maybe stupid to compare these 2 things. But the way Camus wrote it, he somehow made me feel understood.
I’m not going to go into the entire philosophy this book captures about life and death, I’m sure you’ll find a lot of reviews on that already and I’m not one to repeat stuff that’s already been spread widely.
All I wanna say is I love this book. For many more reasons then the ones I’ve listed.
First of all I’d like to point out that this book is definitely one of my favourites from now on. That has the following reasons.
First of all, this book raises a lot of questions for me. It raises questions about humanity and it raises questions about life and death. Also it captures being locked up, being ripped of your freedom. Something most people will not relate to and I didn’t think I’d relate to but I did anyhow. I felt that the feeling of reliving the same day over and over again with only a few insignificant changes was described perfectly. And even though I’ve never been arrested, even though I’ve never been locked up. I have been ripped of my own freedom. I have been captured in my own body, in my own thoughts. I have obeyed rules that my heart didn’t want to follow but my mind made for me. It’s strange and maybe stupid to compare these 2 things. But the way Camus wrote it, he somehow made me feel understood.
I’m not going to go into the entire philosophy this book captures about life and death, I’m sure you’ll find a lot of reviews on that already and I’m not one to repeat stuff that’s already been spread widely.
All I wanna say is I love this book. For many more reasons then the ones I’ve listed.
Create Dangerously by Albert Camus
4.0
Create dangerously is an incredible well-thought out speech about artists creations. About freedom and how to use it. Camus talks in depth about the importance of taking risks in art. For a true artist, in his opinion (how I interpreted it) is able to make something abstract but still create meaning for the watcher. Whatever meaning that may be.
Is realism the end goal in art? Isn’t the end goal to make people feel something? Isn’t that why suffering is talked about so loudly and commonly in art for that is what every human has in common with each other?
I really enjoyed reading these tree speeches. I am well aware however that I wasn’t always aware of what I was reading but most of it really spoke to me (especially the first speech). I’ll probably return to this book someday.
Is realism the end goal in art? Isn’t the end goal to make people feel something? Isn’t that why suffering is talked about so loudly and commonly in art for that is what every human has in common with each other?
I really enjoyed reading these tree speeches. I am well aware however that I wasn’t always aware of what I was reading but most of it really spoke to me (especially the first speech). I’ll probably return to this book someday.