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What are your favorite classic? (whatever the language) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by VioletteRei@lemmy.ml to c/literature

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Me, it's "La Peste" by Albert Camus

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[–] NataliePortland 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My favorite is East of Eden by John Steinbeck. I visited Santa Cruz last week and couldn’t squeeze in the time to visit Monterey and Salinas and I was so bummed. All I know about that area is the pictures I have in my head from reading Steinbeck. I love the way he writes characters that feel so 3 dimensional. Like you could almost smell them.

What do you like about la Peste?

[–] VioletteRei@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I love how the characters interact woth each others, and how it's very relevant to today. Also, I like the philosophy of Camus, that the world is absurd and we have to make ourselves our meaning of life