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The Trial
Franz Kafka
“I highly recommend this short book”
“Once again, it is a haunting story of the soullessness of bureaucracy and its suffocation of the human spirit. I highly recommend this short book”— Lex Fridman
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The Castle
Franz Kafka
“some other of Kafka's work that was moving to me”
“let me mention some other of Kafka's work that was moving to me, "The Castle." A similar description as "The Trial" does of the absurd inaccessibility”— Lex Fridman
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In the Penal Colony
Franz Kafka
“I can also highly recommend Kafka's "In the Penal Colony"”
“I can also highly recommend Kafka's "In the Penal Colony" and "Hunger Artist." Both are too interesting and weird to explain in depth here.”— Lex Fridman
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A Hunger Artist
Franz Kafka
“I can also highly recommend Kafka's ... "Hunger Artist"”
“I can also highly recommend Kafka's "In the Penal Colony" and "Hunger Artist." Both are too interesting and weird to explain”— Lex Fridman
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
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The Illusion of Paradise
Pavel Durov's biochemistry teacher
“my biochemistry teacher, he gave me this book he wrote, it was called The Illusion of Paradise. In there, he would describe the biological and chemical processes”— Pavel Durov
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The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
“his work, "The Metamorphosis" opens with the following lines, "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed”— Lex Fridman
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1984
George Orwell (inferred)
“go to the surreal world of literature, even of the over-the-top dystopian variety like "1984," "Animal Farm," "Brave New World," "The Trial,"”— Lex Fridman
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Animal Farm
George Orwell (inferred)
“the over-the-top dystopian variety like "1984," "Animal Farm," "Brave New World," "The Trial," "The Castle," "Metamorphosis,"”— Lex Fridman
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley (inferred)
“the over-the-top dystopian variety like "1984," "Animal Farm," "Brave New World," "The Trial," "The Castle," "Metamorphosis,"”— Lex Fridman
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The Plague
Albert Camus
“"The Castle," "Metamorphosis," even "The Plague" by Albert Camus, all to better understand our real world”— Lex Fridman
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