On: What we can learn from Camus’s “The Plague”

[DyslexicAtheist]

this is just fascinating for me since I picked up The Stranger last week and am mesmerized by his writing style. The Plague is now next on my list. I don't want to compare him with others since he very much has a distinct & brilliant style (short crisp and far from pretentious - sentences are clear and appeal to uneducated riffraff like myself - think I have seen this also in Orwell and Hemingway). The feelings and emotions he raises in me are nevertheless similar to those I get when reading Kafka and Dostoevsky. Truly amazing being in this man's head. I only regret not having picked up his work sooner.

[antognini → DyslexicAtheist]

It's worth noting that Camus consciously adopted an "American" literary style in The Stranger which was modeled off of authors like Hemingway.

[tpfour → DyslexicAtheist]

I read it in French and these words will forever live in my soul:

    Aujourd’hui, maman est morte. Ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas.

I found his writing style exquisite. He got me "in the zone" after one sentence.

[bookofjoe → DyslexicAtheist]

See also: "The Fall"