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The Stranger by Albert Camus

Spoiler Alert! The Stranger by Albert Camus is one of the most thought-provoking novels I’ve read. It’s set in Algeria, where a Frenchman, Meursault, does not cry at his mother’s funeral, kills an Arab man on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, and is sentenced to death in part because the court Read more…

By Jason Scott Kelly, 1 year1 year ago
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Masterful Description by Richard Yates

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates is one of my favorite novels. That it was all but forgotten prior to the release of its 2008 film is a shame. Literary critic Alfred Kazin wrote that it “locates the new American tragedy squarely on the field of marriage.” Anybody who has ever Read more…

By Jason Scott Kelly, 1 year1 year ago

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