Charles Ardai wrote:
> L'ETRANGER ("The Stranger") by Camus -- Author
influenced by Cain, but
> far more influential himself in turn, as key figure
in development of
> post-WWII philosophical thought and literary
style
>
> ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT by Remarque -- Deeply
influential
> anti-war novel telling story of doomed WWI soldiers
from German point of
> view
>
> ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVITCH by
Solzhenitsyn -- Ultimate
> prison novel, exposed the Soviet gulag
>
> CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by Dostoevsky -- First
great
> inside-the-killer's-head tale murder and its
consequences
>
> I, THE JURY by Spillane -- First time the man has
appeared in this sort
> of company, I imagine; but you can't deny that the
book had a huge
> impact when it came out.
*************** Thanks, Charles! Great list. I've read the
Solzhenitsyn and the Spillane book. I've been pondering the
relationship between existentialism and noir, and as soon as
I finish Willeford's "New Forms of Ugly," I've got Camus's
book waiting on me. I thought I'd try Kafka's THE TRIAL but
it's not really a short novel and I don't know if I can
endure that much morbid absurdity. I've been wanting to read
Remarque's book for years but never got around to it.
Thanks again, miker
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