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Showing posts with label absurdity. Show all posts

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, existentialism, fiction, identity, memory, mythology, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, search for self

The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety by Alan Watts (NON-FICTION)

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, alienation, consumerism, identity, mental health, non-fiction, nonconformity, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, psychology, religion/spirituality, search for self

At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25658482-at-the-existentialist-caf

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, existentialism, historical, identity, non-fiction, perception/truth/subjectivity, philosophy, search for self

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29906980-lincoln-in-the-bardo

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, historical, justice, love, religion/spirituality

Existentialism and Romantic Love by Skye Cleary (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23490312-existentialism-and-romantic-love

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, alienation, existentialism, gender, identity, love, morality, non-fiction, philosophy, search for self, sexuality

The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13330370-the-last-policeman

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, dystopian, existentialism, fiction, justice, morality

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11275.The_Wind_Up_Bird_Chronicle

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, identity, love, memory, perception/truth/subjectivity

The Road by Cormac McCarthy (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288.The_Road

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, alienation, coping with trauma/loss, dystopian, existentialism, family, fiction, identity, love, morality

No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12497.No_Country_For_Old_Men

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, aging, American Dream, class, fiction, justice, morality

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24800.House_of_Leaves

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, coping with trauma/loss, creativity, family, fiction, fiction's role, love, mental health, perception/truth/subjectivity, science (or sci-fi)

The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1357159.The_New_York_Trilogy

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, alienation, existentialism, fiction, fiction's role, identity, memory, mental health, perception/truth/subjectivity, power of language, search for self

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4980.Breakfast_of_Champions?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, American Dream, class, consumerism, fame, fiction, fiction's role, identity, morality, perception/truth/subjectivity, politics, race, social criticism, war

End Zone by Don DeLillo (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11764.End_Zone

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: absurdity, existentialism, fiction, psychology, social criticism, sports, war

Memento Mori by Muriel Spark (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/120158.Memento_Mori?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: absurdity, aging, class, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, identity, memory, perception/truth/subjectivity, time

The Music of Chance by Paul Auster (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19490.The_Music_of_Chance

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: absurdity, American Dream, coping with trauma/loss, creativity, existentialism, fiction, justice, love, memory, perception/truth/subjectivity

Money by Martin Amis (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18825.Money

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: absurdity, class, consumerism, existentialism, fiction, identity, memory, morality, perception/truth/subjectivity, search for self, social criticism

Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/608287.Jesus_Son

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: absurdity, coping with trauma/loss, fiction, identity, mental health, nonconformity, perception/truth/subjectivity, religion/spirituality, search for self

Blindness by Jose Saramago (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2526.Blindness

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: absurdity, coping with trauma/loss, dystopian, existentialism, fiction, identity, justice, morality, perception/truth/subjectivity, science (or sci-fi)

Despair by Vladimir Nabokov (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/418209.Despair?ac=1&from_search=true

Posted by Mr. Markley

Labels: absurdity, alienation, art, fiction, identity, mental health, perception/truth/subjectivity, power of language

A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5845.A_Bend_in_the_River?from_search=true&search_version=service

Posted by Mr. Reynolds

Labels: absurdity, alienation, assimilation, class, colonialism/imperialism, fiction, oppression, perception/truth/subjectivity

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