Absurd and revolt · essay, novel and theatre · 1913–1960
Albert Camus
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
Algiers · Paris · Lourmarin
Reading guides
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Original introductions to enter the works, discover their central questions and take the reflection further.
A place to begin
Living with the absurd
Follow the essay from the question of suicide through the critique of philosophical leaps to the image of Sisyphus walking back down to his rock.
The Myth of SisyphusGoing further
Revolt and its limits
Trace how a slave’s refusal becomes a value shared by all, and how revolutions that kill in the name of history betray that origin.
The RebelGoing further
Reading Meursault
Read the novel as a diptych, from the funeral and the beach to the trial and the last night, and ask what the court condemns in Meursault.
The StrangerContinue
Linked thinkers
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