:idea: The Wall sounds like a great read.:brow:
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:idea: The Wall sounds like a great read.:brow:
Going once...
Going twice...
Wait, we have a tie. What now?
Shoot I didn't get a chance to come back and vote in time!
In the event of a tie we read Nausea right?
Are we waiting for a tie breaker? Someone please vote!
I'm about halfway through Nausea. I'm a bit disappointed really. I don't think I'll be able to read whichever book is belatedly chosen, but I wouldn't mind seeing what others think of it.
What disappoints you about the books?Quote:
Originally Posted by Il Penseroso
We need a tie breaker!
I've already read The Stranger and, as some might kow, didn't like it; however, I have purchased a copy of it in French today. My French has suffered during this summer and needs to be improved for this coming semester. I've already voted for the Wall, I stand by that decision, but if The Stranger is picked I will join the discussion.
I don't know if it's the translation or perhaps that I read To the Lighthouse just before beginning Nausea, but the prose just seems a bit flat. That combined with a story where nothing happens I guess just turned me a bit off initially, but I'll have to get back into it. It's not bad, just probably not what I've been in the mood for lately.
I still have yet to read any Camus. I'll have to change that soon. I respect your ability to read it in the original French, very admirable. I only wish I knew a foreign language well enough to read an entire book in it.
This quote from Sartre may answer this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Il Penseroso
"In order that the most ordinary event should become an adventure, it is only necessary that it should be recounted. That's what deceives people: man is always a story-teller, he lives surrounded by his own and other's stories and sees all that happens to him through them; he tries to live his life as if it were a story he was telling. But you must choose: Live or recount. ... When you live, nothing happens. The scene changes, people come in and go out, that's all. There are never any beginnings"
Too bad this failed to blossom.
Yes, I would like to apologise for this. Due to some unexpected developments in my personal life, I could not carry it out as we had planned (I was away from the forum for a while); I owe you guys one.
We will save it for next year! :)