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Existential


Existential Books

The Stranger
The Metamorphosis
Nausea
The Plague
The Trial
Man's Search for Meaning
Crime and Punishment
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Notes from Underground
Waiting for Godot
Steppenwolf
A Short Stay in Hell
Siddhartha
The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)
No Longer Human
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Come Closer by Sara GranThe Moustache by Emmanuel CarrèrePig Tales by Marie DarrieussecqAbsorbed by Kylie WhiteheadThe Dinner by Herman Koch
Nicole(tiktoker) weird book collection
15 books — 2 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklGoya y las Pinturas Negras desde la psicología de Jung by Javier De Prada ParejaThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Myth, Meaning, and Experience
272 books — 114 voters

The Croning by Laird BarronANSGAR AND THE TROLLS by Patricia StinsonThe Cthulhu Heresy and Other Lovecraftian Sins by Peter RawlikNew Cthulhu by Paula GuranSongs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Yoo-hoo, Cthulhu! Edition
85 books — 2 voters
We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna BervoetsMetal from Heaven by August ClarkeGuidance to Death by Daniel V. Meier Jr.Trust by Hernan DiazLand of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
Corporate, Workplace and Capitalist Exploitation in Fiction Part II
101 books — 3 voters

Quotes Tagged “Existential”

Hermann Hesse
“ I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself. ”
― Hermann Hesse, Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
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Milan Kundera
“ Yes, the essence of every love is a child, and it makes no difference at all whether it has ever actually been conceived or born. In the algebra of love a child is the symbol of the magical sum of two beings. ”
― Milan Kundera, Immortality
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Videos Tagged “Existential”

The Horseman's Dream
The Horseman's Dream
Imprints of the Radical Heart: Spectrum of Enigmas
Imprints of the Radical Heart: Spectrum of Enigmas
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Groups Tagged "Existential"

Interpretation of Everything In here we analyze literature and cinema from an existential and psychoanalytic perspective.
13 members, last active 2 years ago
Tania Zaverta Chance Q&A A group for serious readers & writers.…more
127 members, last active 6 years ago
Shine & Shadow Welcome to Shine & Shadow. We are a group focused on monthly group reads and discussions. We hav…more
802 members, last active 16 hours ago