tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030337.post5714514446263778564..comments2023-10-29T10:21:04.035-04:00Comments on Caught In The Stream: L'Etranger: Avoiding an absurdist fateFrancis Scudellarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01008685302028451297noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030337.post-38738778268169655712007-11-13T21:30:00.000-05:002007-11-13T21:30:00.000-05:00I've just started the Fall, and I may go back and ...I've just started the Fall, and I may go back and re-read The Plague. I agree, it's an great piece of literature.Francis Scudellarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008685302028451297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030337.post-73451737874532285722007-11-13T21:22:00.000-05:002007-11-13T21:22:00.000-05:00I do love Camus. I think The Plague is perhaps the...I do love Camus. I think The Plague is perhaps the perfect novel. It's flawless. With most novels, you read it and, especially if it's by a genius like, say Faulkner, think "it's brilliant, but I could fix this or that . . ." Which gives us such brilliant writers as Toni Morrison, who took all the things that works and used them to write her novels (vs. Cormac McCarthy, who took all the stuff that failed and based his novel writing on that). But with The Plague, I put the novel down and thought, "There's nothing else to be done."Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030337.post-74226000678746152702007-11-08T00:31:00.000-05:002007-11-08T00:31:00.000-05:00I asked the mirror, but all it wanted to talk abou...I asked the mirror, but all it wanted to talk about was some chick named Snow White.Francis Scudellarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008685302028451297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030337.post-14821269718066331512007-11-07T21:13:00.000-05:002007-11-07T21:13:00.000-05:00As to the mirror, how do I know I'm not the image'...<I> As to the mirror, how do I know I'm not the image's opposite</I><BR/><BR/>You can`t know, `coz :<BR/>- you, deep inside, you`ll never accept you are the "copy";<BR/>- oposables are equally valuable;<BR/>- which one is the "original", that only the refference system can know (even if is a subjective choice). In this case, reference system is the mirror, so go ask it ... mwuahahahahahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030337.post-25969186668486667052007-11-07T12:39:00.000-05:002007-11-07T12:39:00.000-05:00Hi Valentin,I'll have to ponder that concept of tr...Hi Valentin,<BR/>I'll have to ponder that concept of trinities a little more. I've always been interested in the idea of parallel universes, especially from a quantum point of view, where all possibilities exist simultaneously. I've been reading a little more background on Camus, and didn't realize he contracted TB right before writing The Stranger. As to the mirror, how do I know I'm not the image's opposite :).Francis Scudellarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008685302028451297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030337.post-51404604610084090952007-11-07T12:37:00.000-05:002007-11-07T12:37:00.000-05:00Hi JD,Thanks for the comment. I actually have a 3 ...Hi JD,<BR/>Thanks for the comment. I actually have a 3 volume set of Camus' novels and will be attempting The Fall next. I've been enjoying the poetry and fiction at your site and will have to do some backward exploring there.Francis Scudellarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008685302028451297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030337.post-69244977618776693052007-11-07T12:19:00.000-05:002007-11-07T12:19:00.000-05:00When one see thing in deep, find everything is no ...When one see thing in deep, find everything is no more no less than a holly trinity.<BR/><BR/>Not THAT trinity.<BR/><BR/>Is the duality of everything plus you. Everything have an oposite, which is not allways the contrary.<BR/>Even you, yourself, have a "oposite" - the image in the mirror. Again trinity - you, the image, the mirror.<BR/><BR/>Mersault is the Camus from a paralel universe, exposed to "regular" world using concepts people are able to understand - absurdism, indifference, ambiguity, unpredictibility ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030337.post-75133250984720973322007-11-07T07:22:00.000-05:002007-11-07T07:22:00.000-05:00Love the post Francis. I'll definitely be picking...Love the post Francis. I'll definitely be picking up a copy of Camus' book. Take care.<BR/>~JDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030337.post-60151312550630193392007-11-07T01:11:00.000-05:002007-11-07T01:11:00.000-05:00Hi Kelly,Thanks so much for the compliment! I'm de...Hi Kelly,<BR/>Thanks so much for the compliment! I'm definitely better at giving out advice than following it. It's hard to keep up the intensity for any endeavor, and I definitely think we should be proud of whatever we can accomplish. The Stranger is worth reading, but I liked Camus' The Plague better.Francis Scudellarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008685302028451297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030337.post-90731517850322496192007-11-06T22:48:00.000-05:002007-11-06T22:48:00.000-05:00Your writing makes me feel as if I should put more...Your writing makes me feel as if I should put more effort into mine. You are so articulate. I've not read The Stranger, although I've read much about Camus' work. <BR/><BR/>My former career was in great part an act of love and compassion. And I know that to do it well, one must approach it with that intensity. In the end, I was too weak, too spent. And I gave in, having to admit that I could no longer give.<BR/><BR/>It's odd that in spite of all that one can accomplish in that regard, afterward, all one is left with is what was not accomplished.<BR/><BR/>You've got my curiosity up enough to take a look at the book.kellypeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13266678780105919817noreply@blogger.com