I read this for the first time when I was about your age. It's stuck with me all this time.
Have you read The Stranger by Camus? Nowhere near as gory in its violence, but just as stark. The character is instead surrounded by civilisation. An interesting book to read in contrast. I would also recommend Man's Fate by Malraux. All studies in isolation, in varying degrees of social involvement.
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I read this for the first time when I was about your age. It's stuck with me all this time.
Have you read The Stranger by Camus? Nowhere near as gory in its violence, but just as stark. The character is instead surrounded by civilisation. An interesting book to read in contrast. I would also recommend Man's Fate by Malraux. All studies in isolation, in varying degrees of social involvement.