Discipline and Punish vs Immortality: Which Should You Read?
Discipline and Punish
“On 2 March 1757 Damiens the regicide condemmed 'to make the amende honorable before the main door of the Church of Paris', where he was to be 'taken and conveyed in a cart, wearing nothing but a a shirt, holding a torch of burning wax weighing two pounds'; then, 'in the said cart, to the place de Greve, where, on a scaffold that will be erected there, the flesh will be torn from his breasts, arms,”
English version of "Surveiller et punir: naissance de la prison"
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Immortality
New York Times Bestseller"Inspired. . . . Kundera's most brilliantly imagined novel. . . . A book that entrances, beguiles and charms us from first page to last." — Cleveland Plain DealerMilan Kundera's sixth…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Discipline and Punish has the widest readership — 62 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Discipline and Punish | Immortality | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.2 (62) | 4.1 (49) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (24) | — |
Reception
| Discipline and Punish | Immortality | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 62 | 49 |
| Editions | 30 | 3 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 6210 | 1071 |
| Pages | 333 | — |