[Choose Ye This Day]

I liked both Sartre and Camus much bettter when I was a smarmy, ill-informed 19-year-old liberal. I'm amazed at how droll they seem now. Of the two, I prefer Camus. But of all the "modern" writers I used to enjoy in my nihilistic era, I still like Kafka the best.

[snarks_when_bored]

But of all the "modern" writers I used to enjoy in my nihilistic era, I still like Kafka the best.

Gregor Samsa always bugged me.

You probably know this, but Kafka used to read his books aloud to his friends and they all (including Kafka) would laugh themselves silly at the absurdity of the characters and the situations.