I read The Fall a couple times this year and LOVED it! The perspective, the way you slowly realize the narrator is not just a normal dude, but someone with some SERIOUS issues, and then that gut punch at the end! All throughout it's filled with an absolutely tangible atmosphere to boot.
I truly felt like the narrator's trying to bring judgement on himself from others & then feeling justified in his own judgements is a behavior I used to exhibit a lot myself, and one I definitely still see often in others. (This explanation does not sufficiently explain the revelations and insight we gain from the book) I'm glad Camus could give me a way to begin to understand and talk about that quality in people.
Has anyone else here read it or had any thoughts? I'd really like to just open up the discussion!
I truly felt like the narrator's trying to bring judgement on himself from others & then feeling justified in his own judgements is a behavior I used to exhibit a lot myself, and one I definitely still see often in others. (This explanation does not sufficiently explain the revelations and insight we gain from the book)
I'm glad Camus could give me a way to begin to understand and talk about that quality in people.
Has anyone else here read it or had any thoughts? I'd really like to just open up the discussion!