The Myth of Sisyphus · and Other Essays (Vintage International)

One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide; the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus brilliantly posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal existence, and the possibility of life lived with dignity and authenticity.

Contents:

[Preface / Albert Camus] --

Myth of Sisyphus --

Absurd reasoning : Absurdity and suicide ; Absurd walls ; Philosophical suicide ; Absurd freedom --

Absurd man : Don Juanism ; Drama ; Conquest --

Absurd creation : Philosophy and fiction ; Kirilov ; Ephemeral creation --

Myth of Sisyphus --

Appendix : Hope and the absurd in the work of Franz Kafka --

Summer in Algiers --

Minotaur, or the stop in Oran --

Helen's exile --

Return to Tipasa --

Artist and his time.