: Finished Camus last night. Meursault goes to his mother's funeral and does not cry. Later he kills a man and does not seem to care. What got me was not the violence but the emptiness. He experiences everything as if watching himself from outside.
What is another novel where the main character is emotionally detached in a way that feels unsettling rather than cool or heroic?
by Trippy-jay420
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The Convenience Store Woman
The Convenience Store Woman
American Psycho maybe? Bateman is completely hollow inside even during the most extreme moments
That’s the definition of a psychopath. They may not commit violence necessarily but they don’t care about anything. But some that are not quite that are:
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Giver by Lois Lowry
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
The Progress of Julius by Daphne Du Maurier