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Waiting for Godot

author: Samuel Beckett (1952)
date read: 2008-04-07
2010-04-07
pages: 109
lists: german, stage-play
rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
Cover of Waiting for Godot.

Waiting for Godot showed me how free literature was, and the things a determined author can do with and through (and arguably to) a group of actors. I like it for this learning impact, a lot.

Cover of The Trial.

The Trial

by Franz Kafka · published 1925 · read 2008-03-01
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
If you can stand him, Kafka's Trial is the logical next step.
Cover of The Castle.

The Castle

by Franz Kafka · published 1922 · read 2009-11-01
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
Kafka's Castle also works as transition into total bleakness.
Cover of Alice in Wonderland.

Alice in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll · published 1981 · read 2004-06-01
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
If you'd rather lean into the weirdness, consider turning towards trippy books and starting with Alice.