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Camus and the absurd

One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

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Guide: Camus: The Stranger or The Myth of Sisyphus first?

  1. The Stranger (The Outsider)

    Albert Camus

    123 pages, endlessly quoted.

    123 pp≈3 h●○○ Gentle

    Edition: Vintage International · ISBN 9780679720201

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  2. The Myth of Sisyphus

    Albert Camus

    Is life worth living? The meme's source.

    208 pp≈5 h●●● Demanding

    Read this first: Read the final short chapter 'The Myth of Sisyphus' first, then go back.

    Edition: Penguin Books Ltd · ISBN 9780141182001

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  3. The Plague

    Albert Camus

    Solidarity against the absurd.

    256 pp≈6 h●●○ Steady

    Edition: Penguin Books Ltd · ISBN 9780141185132

    Get it at Bookshop.org (affiliate link)

  4. Existentialism Is a Humanism

    Jean-Paul Sartre

    The rival view, in one short lecture.

    128 pp≈3 h●○○ Gentle

    Edition: Yale University Press · ISBN 9780300115468

    Get it at Bookshop.org (affiliate link)

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