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The Little Prince

January 9, 2017sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Few stories capture so simply the essence of the humble human heart. The Little Prince is a book that we should all read and remember, because it is one that defines what it means to be human. I read (and… Continue Reading →

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Tuesdays with Morrie – Albom

November 22, 2016sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Sometime ago I wrote down a note: “I realised today that we’re no longer trying to communicate anything new. As humans, the core ideas of life and living are already explored at depth in books, plays, blogs and speeches. All we are trying… Continue Reading →

Reading List death, fiction, life

The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Kundera

October 4, 2016sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Milan Kundera writes with a unique prose style that is akin to reading a handful of short stories, all relating to the same characters and topic; the result is a grand symphony that feels light to read, yet captures the details… Continue Reading →

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Siddhartha – Hesse

August 22, 2016sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse is one of few classics that sits in a very specific category for me: underwhelmingly profound. While I was first completely disappointed after reading Siddhartha, it is a classic because it captures the essence of Buddha’s teachings like no… Continue Reading →

Reading List buddhism, classics, fiction

North and South – Gaskell

August 3, 2016sebastiankade 1 Comment

In a capitalist society, the value of human life is reduced to its capacity to consume and produce. Gaskell argues that it doesn’t have to be. North and Sound is a socio-economic romance novel from the victorian era. This may… Continue Reading →

Reading List capitalism, fiction, romance

Jane Eyre – C. Bronte

August 1, 2016sebastiankade Leave a Comment

What secular people lack without a Bible are moral figures to guide them through life. Jane Eyre is exactly that. Charlotte Bronte is most definitely the strongest technical writer out of the female classic novelists. She masters the English language to the extent… Continue Reading →

Reading List classics, female, fiction, love

The Trial – Kafka

July 31, 2016sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Anyone who is familiar with great Art will understand how important suggestibility is. As the consumer of art, we want to be given enough to point us in the right direction, but not everything so that there still remains some wonder… Continue Reading →

Reading List existentialism, fiction

The Plague – Camus

July 28, 2016sebastiankade Leave a Comment

If you haven’t already fallen in love with Camus, stop reading here. There is nothing I can say that will speak louder than his own words. Go pick up any of his books and then come back so I can… Continue Reading →

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Wuthering Heights – E. Bronte

July 26, 2016sebastiankade Leave a Comment

A never ending nightmare that reminds us of the cyclic nature of suffering in the world. Emily Bronte writes a book that has absolutely no lovable characters, yet is somehow a truly lovable read. While Emily doesn’t have quite the… Continue Reading →

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Keep the Aspidistra Flying – Orwell

July 26, 2016sebastiankade Leave a Comment

Without a doubt, no other book has had such a deep effect on me as this one. Another masterpiece by George Orwell, although due to publishers meddling with it, he doesn’t like it himself. Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a novel about a man… Continue Reading →

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