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Books of Alienation
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A hero of our Time Mikhail Lermontov Who is the most alienated literary hero? My first pick was Pechorin, the "hero" at the heart of this brilliant, psychological novel. When society fails to provide an outlet for his talents, Pechorin embraces his Byronic fate, trailing death, destru… |
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Against Nature Joris-Karl Huysmans Revolted by the hypocrisy and materialism and bored with the debauchery of late 19th century Paris, Des Esseintes, a young aristocratic aesthete, shuts himself up in a country house and abandons himself to the satsifaction of his senses, his intellect, and his imagination. "Against N… |
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Generation X [Tales for an Accelerated Culture] Douglas Coupland The book of the generation that came of age under Regan/Thatcher. Or rather for that part of it that didn’t sign up to yuppiedom. Three twentysomethings take a look at what’s on offer, give up their careers and head for the Californian desert. But unlike the hippies o… |
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Journey by Moonlight Antal Szerb A bourgeois couple, Mihaly and Erzsi, accidentally get separated while on honeymoon in Italy and embark on voyages of escape, self-examination, and a search for meaning. Szerb addresses "big issues" with a lightness of touch, a gentle, ironic humour, and a lack of didacticism … |
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Journey to the End of the Night Louis-Ferdinand Celine A dark Candide for the 20th century. Bardamu's journey through World War I, Africa, America, and back to France is one of the bleakest, most misanthropic books ever written. Celine gives full vent to his disgust with the human condition; through their own petty obsessions, prejudices… |
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Notes from the Underground Fyodor Dostoevsky This is NOT uplifting, but it is EXTREMELY powerful. Don't read it if you're feeling mentally fragile. A raw, bitter, and prescient diatribe against material progress, rationality, and human nature. In form it is the ranting, self-loathing monologue of one of the 19th … |
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Smiley's People John Le Carré What makes the best spy novel? If you like sex, gadgets and convoluted plots, stick with Fleming/Bond. If you like mind games, betrayal, brilliant characterisation and extremely convoluted plots, there can be only one writer. And Le Carré's best novel? Tricky, bu… |
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The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger Unstable mental patient or child philosopher and social commentator untainted by either conformity or adulthood? Either way (or both) Holden Caulfield is THE alienated teenager. The 13th most "challenged" book in the US as well as the second most taught in schools, The Catcher in th… |
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The Immoralist André Gide A reserved, naive, young academic marries and goes on honeymoon. The next his three best friends hear from him, years later, is a summons to the heart of Algeria. There they are told the story of his near death, recovery, and awakening to life - to his repressed longings and the con… |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Because you're worth it!... Lord Henry's philosophy of sensual gratification and the worship of Beauty and Youth convert the naive young Dorian. But as Dorian grows older and descends into debauchery and hypocrisy the marks of his depravity show not in his ever-angelic countenance but… |
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