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Jonah Marcus
is 49% done
The shooting section was really compelling - the discription of how Meursault's view of the beach changes was so cool.
Meursault is/wants to be a "pure externality"?
Def colonial - All the Pieds-noirs are described in some individual way (the beautiful woman, the old man, the soccer player...) while the arabs are only ever described as arabs.
— Mar 28, 2026 10:42AM
Meursault is/wants to be a "pure externality"?
Def colonial - All the Pieds-noirs are described in some individual way (the beautiful woman, the old man, the soccer player...) while the arabs are only ever described as arabs.
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Jonah Marcus
is 86% done
Its so crazy the last public beheading in french algeria was in 1939
Using a criminal trial to talk about existential issues is genius (kafka)
The description of him as a swirling river of colors was awesome
— Mar 29, 2026 02:01PM
Using a criminal trial to talk about existential issues is genius (kafka)
The description of him as a swirling river of colors was awesome
Jonah Marcus
is 24% done
This seems a bit heavy-handed so far but I am liking it. Ch2 was really cool - just a dude drifting around doing random stuff. Is the dog and the old man a master-slave dialectic thing?
— Mar 26, 2026 10:44AM
