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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Perhaps inspired not only by Kierkegaard but also by the fiction of the postwar existentialists often understood to have been influenced by him, Hjorth has taken up the prototypical Norwegian bourgeois subject and her moral and political awakening, or failure thereof.
—Elaine Blair, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
The contrast between the Vietnamese who humped through rice paddies documenting their own country’s existentialist struggle, and the foreigners who flew around on helicopters and were given US military ranks adds emotional depth and historical nuance.
—Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025
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Noun
This is an existentialist play.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Perhaps inspired not only by Kierkegaard but also by the fiction of the postwar existentialists often understood to have been influenced by him, Hjorth has taken up the prototypical Norwegian bourgeois subject and her moral and political awakening, or failure thereof.
—Elaine Blair, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
This is the atheism of Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger and their existentialist descendants, which begins in precisely the place where scientific materialism leaves off, with the will of the subjective, conscious agent.
—Christopher Beha, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
The contrast between the Vietnamese who humped through rice paddies documenting their own country’s existentialist struggle, and the foreigners who flew around on helicopters and were given US military ranks adds emotional depth and historical nuance.
—Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025
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“Existentialist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/existentialist. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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