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'Here now, for the first time in a complete English translation, we have Camus's three little volumes of essays, plus a selection of his critical comments on literature and his own place in it. As might be expected, the main interest of these writings is that they illuminate new facets of his usual subject matter.' - The New York Times Book Review'A new single work for American readematter.' -The 'Here now, for the first time in a complete English translation, we have Camus's three little volumes of essays, plus a selection of his critical comments on literature and his own place in it. As might be expected, the main interest of these writings is that they illuminate new facets of his usual subject matter.'

- The New York Times Book Review'A new single work for American readers that stands among the very finest.' - The Nation. “The curtain of habits, the comfortable loom of words and gestures in which the heart drowses, slowly rises, finally to reveal anxiety’s pallid visage. Man is face to face with himself: I defy him to be happy”— Albert Camus, Death in the SoulA collection of short essays by Camus, my favourites being the lyrical essays at the beginning of the book. They were mostly autobiographical, depicting Camus’ time in Algeria and also his observations in the countries he visited.Camus writes“The curtain of habits, the comfortable loom of words and gestures in which the heart drowses, slowly rises, finally to reveal anxiety’s pallid visage. Man is face to face with himself: I defy him to be happy”— Albert Camus, Death in the SoulA collection of short essays by Camus, my favourites being the lyrical essays at the beginning of the book.

They were mostly autobiographical, depicting Camus’ time in Algeria and also his observations in the countries he visited.Camus writes lovely essays about his travels and his time spent in Algeria. It’s evident how much he loved Algeria:'No, you must certainly not go there if you have a lukewarm heart or if your soul is weak and weary! But for those who know what it is to be torn between yes and no, between noon and midnight, between revolt and love, and for those who love funeral pyres along the shore, a flame lies waiting in Algeria.'

- 'A Short Guide to Towns Without a Past'“We enter a blue and yellow world and are welcomed by the pungent, odorous sigh of the Algerian summer earth. Everywhere, pinkish bougainvillea hangs over villa walls; in the gardens the hibiscus are still pale red, and there is a profusion of tea roses thick as cream, with delicate borders of long, blue iris.” - Nuptials at TipasaThe critical half consisted more of critiquing famous French literature, such as Sartre, that I hadn’t read and for that reason couldn’t fully appreciate.The book ends with a few interviews which made it clear that Camus denied being an existentialist.Camus was definitely a thinker. Though I didn’t agree with all his observations and thoughts, this was a fascinating collection all the same. I also noticed the essays covered a lot of themes explored in 'The First Man', Camus’ autobiography.

Definitely a must for fans of the literary essay.4.5 stars. I can't claim that I read every essay in this book, nor that I liked every one that I did read, but the ones that I read and enjoyed, I enjoyed SO much that this collection definitely deserves 4 stars. Camus' intellect and erudition are deep and incisive. I found myself making connections between his thoughts and others I've read, from Rilke to Wendell Berry. And his writing in gorgeous. I think my favorite essay was 'Between Yes and No.'

The sensory detail and metaphors are beautiful, like when I can't claim that I read every essay in this book, nor that I liked every one that I did read, but the ones that I read and enjoyed, I enjoyed SO much that this collection definitely deserves 4 stars. Camus' intellect and erudition are deep and incisive. I found myself making connections between his thoughts and others I've read, from Rilke to Wendell Berry. And his writing in gorgeous. I think my favorite essay was 'Between Yes and No.'

The sensory detail and metaphors are beautiful, like when he describes the sound of the distant sea as 'the world sighs toward me in a long rhythm, and brings me the peace and indifference of immortal things.' So much in that one phrase: a perfect description of what the ocean sounds like from a distance, a perfect evocation of the feelings it inspires, and a perfect philosophical statement about the difference between humans and immortals. Camus is often lumped in with Sartre as an existentialist, but he claims in another essay that that's an incorrect classification. In fact, he insists on not being classified, pointing out that when he writes he is exploring questions, which is different from providing answers (hence the mental link I made to Rilke). I think he is an existentialist to the extent that he doesn't claim to know what our lives mean, or whether they have any significance at all. What he really seems to advocate in many of these essays is simply paying attention to moments and events as they play out, and pondering them for a meaning that we will never fully understand.Like my reviews?

Check out my blog at. Reading “Lyrical and Critical Essays” by Albert Camus, I think, should be a good introduction and foundation to his famous novels written later. A reason is that these essays revealing his outstanding views, his powerful narration as well as his inspiring ideas have since affirmed his literary stature since he wrote them in 1935-1936, he was then twenty-two (p. As a reader having read his “The Outsider” (aka.

“The Stranger”) and “The Plague”, I found it simply interesting to read this book b Reading “Lyrical and Critical Essays” by Albert Camus, I think, should be a good introduction and foundation to his famous novels written later. A reason is that these essays revealing his outstanding views, his powerful narration as well as his inspiring ideas have since affirmed his literary stature since he wrote them in 1935-1936, he was then twenty-two (p. As a reader having read his “The Outsider” (aka. “The Stranger”) and “The Plague”, I found it simply interesting to read this book by such a young writer in three parts: Lyrical Essays, Critical Essays and Camus On Himself, in which I preferred Part II to Part I, in other words, I was primarily keen on the critical essays followed by the lyrical ones. Moreover, avid Camus readers should find reading his ‘Preface to the Stranger’, ‘Letter to Roland Barthes on The Plague’, ‘Letter to P.B.’ and ‘Three Interviews’ in Part III intimately and illuminatingly informative.For instance, in ‘Between Yes and No’, we can sadly enjoy reading this memoir-based extract between a son and his mother:“Is it true I look like my father?”“The spitting image. Of course, you didn’t know him. You were six months old when he died.

But if you had a little moustache!”He mentioned his father without conviction. No memory, no emotion. Probably he was very ordinary. Besides, he had been very keen to go to war. His head was split open in the battle of the Marne. Blinded, it took him a week to die; his name is listed on the local war memorial.

38-39)Next, in ‘Preface to the Stranger’, Camus has clarified his highly-paradoxical remark by elaborating, “I only meant that the hero of my book is condemned because he does not play the game. In this respect, he is foreign to the society in which he lives; he wanders, on the fringe, in the suburbs of private, solitary, sensual life. And this is why some readers have been tempted to look upon him as a piece of social wreckage. A much more accurate idea of the character, will emerge if one asks just how Meursault doesn’t play the game. The reply is a simple one: he refuses to lie. 335-336)Then, in his ‘Letter to Roland Barthes’, he has summarized his four interesting points on “the Plague”; Summary 2 cited as follows: “Compared to “The Stranger”, “The Plague” does, beyond any possible discussion, represent the transition from an attitude of solitary revolt to the recognition of a community whose struggles must be shared. If there is an evolution from “The Stranger” to “The Plague”, it is in the direction of solidarity and participation.” (p.

339)I sometime cannot help wondering if other readers think like me, that is, reading Camus is not only enjoyable but it is also unique since we can come across some good seemingly philosophy-oriented sentences for his readers to think, apply, redefine, etc. For example:“No longer to be listened to: that’s the terrible thing about being old.” (p. 24)“What we seek is the culture that finds life in the trees, the hills, and in mankind.” (p. 197)“A novel is never anything but a philosophy expressed in images.” (p. I bought this book chiefly because it included Camus’ essays on his life in French Algeria, and in particular the essay ‘Summer in Algiers’ which I remembered well from reading in High School.I digress (because Goddammit this is my page and I can if I want to) to add that it was a particularly insightful teacher, John McMahon, who set as reading in Year 11 and Year 12 French Camus’ L’Etranger and Sartre’s Huis Clos.

He made the shrewd judgment that these were ideas that would appeal I bought this book chiefly because it included Camus’ essays on his life in French Algeria, and in particular the essay ‘Summer in Algiers’ which I remembered well from reading in High School.I digress (because Goddammit this is my page and I can if I want to) to add that it was a particularly insightful teacher, John McMahon, who set as reading in Year 11 and Year 12 French Camus’ L’Etranger and Sartre’s Huis Clos. He made the shrewd judgment that these were ideas that would appeal to 16-17 year old minds. Interestingly, Camus’ ideas proved far more popular with my group than those of Sartre.The essays about life in Algeria were as good as I remember. Interestingly, they reflect (unconsciously) the way that the coastal parts of Algeria were administered as part of metropolitan France; that is, it was legally as much a part of France as Gascony or the Auvergne.

This freed up the essays to allow them to consider how the (French) population related to this piece of geography where “the sun left no shadows”. That is, the presence of the Arab population barely registers, and there is no sign of Camus or anyone else thinking of themselves as colonists or inhabitants of an imperial possession (1).By freeing the essays up to focus on the relationship of geography and climate to philosophical outlook, Camus reaches the conclusion that the Mediterranean culture he describes is one for people who are young enough to soak up the sensory overload it provides. Once that capacity is lost (depressingly, by about the age of 30!) people find themselves in a kind of limbo, effectively waiting to die, without the consolations of religion (which Camus himself rejected and in any case finds inapposite in Algerian culture).It is a shame that essays like “Summer in Algiers” are not better known.

At the risk of being parochial, at least some sections of Australian society in the 1990s could have drawn (and could still draw) some interesting insights from it. My thinking is this: the 1990s have been described - I think it was in Andrew Roberts’ History of the English Speaking Peoples since 1900 - as the “long weekend off from history”. This epoch was inaugurated with the slow collapse of the Eastern bloc in 1989-91 and the very firm assertion of Western dominance in the Gulf War.

At about the same time, Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History and the Last Man provided a philosophical underpinning to these experiences, arguing that the West of that time might be getting close to the highest form of human organization, beyond which further political development would be impossible (2). And a generally accessible cultural landmark for society was the proximity of the year 2000, which I think formed a psychological watershed for a great many people for whom 2000 was a year that represented The Gateway To The Future. Why live, if we’re going to die?This was a key question for Albert Camus, a handsome, Nobel Prize winning French philosopher. Camus believed that death steals the meaning from life — what’s the point of living if all that awaits us is a cold, worm-infested grave? God is dead, and an eternal afterlife is longer a possibility.

Without religion to save us, how can we live with the pointlessness of existence, with the absurdity of it all?Lyrical and Critical Essays is a volum Why live, if we’re going to die?This was a key question for Albert Camus, a handsome, Nobel Prize winning French philosopher. Camus believed that death steals the meaning from life — what’s the point of living if all that awaits us is a cold, worm-infested grave?

God is dead, and an eternal afterlife is longer a possibility. I hold Camus in high esteem: I know of no other author who has written a less thrilling, less plot-filled story full of such meaningful, yet contradictory symbols (sun and ennui, hope and hopelessness, absurd and realism, personal truth and societal lies). On the other hand, Camus's should be taught in schools as the survival manual for the modern man who struggles to find meaning in today's hectic world.Lyrical and Critical Essays is true to its title: here you will/Lyrical I hold Camus in high esteem: I know of no other author who has written a less thrilling, less plot-filled story full of such meaningful, yet contradictory symbols (sun and ennui, hope and hopelessness, absurd and realism, personal truth and societal lies). On the other hand, Camus's should be taught in schools as the survival manual for the modern man who struggles to find meaning in today's hectic world.Lyrical and Critical Essays is true to its title: here you will find a Camus, poetic and sharp, but always full of sun and sea, full of humanity, and of love for life. That latter point is the most important one. Before this book I had not realised how much Camus truly loved his existence on this planet and how much he wished to transfer this feeling to his fellow man—a mission worthy of the Nobel Prize he was awarded.The irony of Camus's untimely death burns bitter. These essays illustrate with precision and elegance Camus’s ardor for life and his concerns about materialistic excess.

The core of his empowering and inspiring philosophy focuses on how to save life. This quest involves acknowledging, understanding, and practicing tolerance and moderation.

Failure or refusal to do so leaves the world vengeful and violent. Life is exiled when the mind is abandoned. The greatest wisdom comes from admitting that we cannot know everything.

In trying to remake the w These essays illustrate with precision and elegance Camus’s ardor for life and his concerns about materialistic excess. The core of his empowering and inspiring philosophy focuses on how to save life.

This quest involves acknowledging, understanding, and practicing tolerance and moderation. Failure or refusal to do so leaves the world vengeful and violent. Life is exiled when the mind is abandoned. The greatest wisdom comes from admitting that we cannot know everything. In trying to remake the world, we must be wary of the use of tyranny. Art and beauty must be embraced.

Art is liberty, and liberty is beauty. There is a choice between creation and inquisition. All of Camus's central ideas echo strongly in these essays, and he shows how ignorance leads to misunderstanding and destruction. In poetic fashion, he also expresses his lifelong admiration for the sun’s power to have a medicinal effect on life. Indulgence with life and nature will ensure that everything life has to offer will never be lost. Some incredible essays. My favorite book of them was the first, which contains 'Irony' and 'Between Yes and No' which were both incredibly sad, and 'Love Of Life' which had an amazing scene at a gay bar in Palma in the 1930s.

Some essays, like 'Nupitals at Tipisa' are just beautiful, rhapsodic celebrations of our bodies and nature. There's also some fascinating (and surprising to me at least) theological thought, such as 'Portrait of a Chosen Man'. In all, I preferred the Lyrical essays, which m Some incredible essays.

My favorite book of them was the first, which contains 'Irony' and 'Between Yes and No' which were both incredibly sad, and 'Love Of Life' which had an amazing scene at a gay bar in Palma in the 1930s. Some essays, like 'Nupitals at Tipisa' are just beautiful, rhapsodic celebrations of our bodies and nature. There's also some fascinating (and surprising to me at least) theological thought, such as 'Portrait of a Chosen Man'. In all, I preferred the Lyrical essays, which made up the first half of the book, to the Critical ones. Many of the critical essays were discussion of writers who Camus admired, but none of which I had heard of or read (aside from a brief one about Sartre).Scattered throughout are observations that felt very like criticisms one hears about society today. Seeing that all of these essays are from the 1930's through 1950's, this was a healthy reminder that no generic social complaint is really all that new:- 'They say I'm active. But being active is still wasting one's time, if in doing one loses oneself.'

Reminded me of.- 'What I wish for now is no longer happiness but simply awareness' reminded me of.- '.if I hear of another that he despises intelligence, I realize that he cannot bear his doubts' sounds like a constantly appearing complaint against the anti-intellectualism movement of today's politics (too many references to bother picking one)- 'Today, mankind needs and cares only for technology'- In reflection on nuclear armament. 'We, who have thrown both universe and mind out of orbit, find such threats amusing. In a drunken sky we ignite the suns that suit us.'

-'For if there is a sin against life, it lies perhaps less in despairing of it than in hoping for another life and evading the implacable grandeur of the one we have.' I suppose this is evergreen thinking, but feels very pinterest-y. I'm sure I saw something like it on a dorm room wall in college.- And the best of all: 'A writer writes to a great extent to be read. Yet more and more.

He writes in order to obtain that final consecration which consists of not being read. In fact, from the moment he can provide the material for a feature article in the popular press, there is every possibiliyt that he will be known to a fairly large number of people who will never read his works because they will be content to know his name and to read what other people wreite about him.

From that point on he will be known (and forgotten) not for what he is, but according to the image a hurried journalist has given of him. Praise be, then, to a society that teaches us so cheaply, every day, by its very homage, that the gretness it honors is worthless.' The most obvious question about this classic volume of essays is: 'Who is it for?' It is made up of numerous small texts: three collections of prose essays, many book reviews, letters, and interviews. This makes it fairly clear that, as a product, is targeted towards people already familiar with Camus. This volume fills in gaps, and provides context and clarity. For example, there are many subtle and nuanced reflections on Camus' notion of 'the Absurd' without any theoretical details - it is ass The most obvious question about this classic volume of essays is: 'Who is it for?'

It is made up of numerous small texts: three collections of prose essays, many book reviews, letters, and interviews. This makes it fairly clear that, as a product, is targeted towards people already familiar with Camus. This volume fills in gaps, and provides context and clarity.

For example, there are many subtle and nuanced reflections on Camus' notion of 'the Absurd' without any theoretical details - it is assumed that the reader is already familiar with the concept. The texts contained in this book are enriching, and help us to deepen our already existing understanding of Camus' writings and philosophy. This is the goal of 'Lyrical and Critical Essays'.But that in itself is a shame. There is more in this volume than what is useful to the Camus scholar. The prose collections, particularly Nuptials, are excellent on their own merits. They offer some of Camus' most expressive and vivid writing, and include meditations on the sensuousness of nature that are unmatched.

Camus' naturalism in these essays evokes an expressive and vivid passion that puts the reader back in touch with the world and reaches out beyond the absurd condition of the individual in its relationship to the world, which is perhaps the most prominent common theme in Camus' narrative novels. These prose essays aim at an entirely different target than the novels and use different means to reach them while still sitting comfortably within Camus' style. Ellen Conroy Kennedy's translation is particularly valuable in this aspect, as it carries the complex and Romantic richness of Camus' descriptive voice while preserving the structural twists of Modernist stream-of-consciousness. Such a feat of translation is impressive, given that French has a tolerance for run-on sentences and compound phrases that English does not.Though as a volume this book is most valuable to Camus' established fans, there are many elements which should appeal to anyone looking for 20th Century Romantic prose. Personally, the lyrical essays in this volume are my favourite Camus writings so far. There is a secure balance between pessimism and optimism, a meditative reflection on the historical context of looming and passing war, and a delicate fusion of Romantic and Modernist techniques.

It's a rare and brilliant style, particularly amongst today's literature. I was telling myself that I could live and die reading only Camus. I don't know if this is true, but here are some favorite quotes:'The people I have loved have always been better and greater than I. Poverty as I knew it taught me not resentment but a certain fidelity and silent tenacity.'

(10)'If solitude exists, and I don't know if it does, one should certainly have the right to dream of it occasionally as paradise.' (13)'I know that I am wrong, that we cann I was telling myself that I could live and die reading only Camus. I don't know if this is true, but here are some favorite quotes:'The people I have loved have always been better and greater than I. Poverty as I knew it taught me not resentment but a certain fidelity and silent tenacity.' (10)'If solitude exists, and I don't know if it does, one should certainly have the right to dream of it occasionally as paradise.' (13)'I know that I am wrong, that we cannot give ourselves completely.

Otherwise, we could not create. But there are no limits to loving, and what does it matter to me if I hold things badly if I can embrace everything?'

(57)'I can say and in a moment I shall say that what counts is to be human and simple. No, what counts is to be true, and then everything fits in, humanity and simplicity. When am I truer than when I am the world? My cup brims over before I have time to desire. Eternity is there and I was hoping for it. What I wish for now is no longer happiness but simply awareness.'

(60-61)'For me it is enough to live with my whole body and bear witness with my whole heart.' (70)'Sometimes, at night, I would sleep open-eyed beneath a sky flowing with stars.

I was alive at those moments.' (163)'The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning. This is a truth nearly all great minds have taken as their starting point.'

(201)'At the center of my work there is an invincible sun.' (352) interview'The fact remains that writing while others are gagged or imprisoned is a delicate undertaking. So as not to fall short, either in one direction or in the other, we have to remember that the writer lives for his work and fights for liberties.'

(358) interview. 'What I do have, which always comes to me without my asking for it, I can’t seem to keep. Less from extravagance, I think, than from another kind of parsimony: I cling like a miser to the freedom that disappears as soon as there is an excess of things.

For me, the greatest luxury has always coincided with a certain barrenness.”“It’s not conceit that makes me greet compliments with that stupid, ungrateful look I know so well, but (along with the profound indifference that haunts 'What I do have, which always comes to me without my asking for it, I can’t seem to keep. Less from extravagance, I think, than from another kind of parsimony: I cling like a miser to the freedom that disappears as soon as there is an excess of things. For me, the greatest luxury has always coincided with a certain barrenness.”“It’s not conceit that makes me greet compliments with that stupid, ungrateful look I know so well, but (along with the profound indifference that haunts me like a natural infirmity) a strange feeling that comes over me: ‘You’re missing the point.”“To someone who asked Newton how he had managed to construct his theory, he could reply: ‘By thinking about it all the time.’ There is no greatness without a little stubbornness. Works of art are not born in flashes of inspiration but in a daily fidelity.”. I liked the first part of the book i.e. `Lyrical Essays` because of the poetic, lyrical prose but I had difficulty understanding the philosophy discussed in these first essays.

The second part of the book, namely, `Critical Essays` I would have understood better perhaps, if I had actually read the works being discussed, although the essays were well written and potentially very interesting.I hope to revisit this book, especially the `Lyrical Essays`, which I read through once, but I feel I liked the first part of the book i.e. `Lyrical Essays` because of the poetic, lyrical prose but I had difficulty understanding the philosophy discussed in these first essays.

The second part of the book, namely, `Critical Essays` I would have understood better perhaps, if I had actually read the works being discussed, although the essays were well written and potentially very interesting.I hope to revisit this book, especially the `Lyrical Essays`, which I read through once, but I feel I needed to spend more time on these in order to do justice to the literary output of the author. It is time for new readers to come to this book. I wouldstill like to be one of them, just as I would like to go backto that evening when, after opening this little volume inthe street, I closed it again as soon as I had read the firstlines, hugged it tight against me, and ran up to my room todevour it without witnesses. (Camus, On Jean Greniers Les Iles)How Camus felt about Les Iles, I had felt about his Resistance, Rebellion and Death. And now, this book. Rarely, have I It is time for new readers to come to this book.

I wouldstill like to be one of them, just as I would like to go backto that evening when, after opening this little volume inthe street, I closed it again as soon as I had read the firstlines, hugged it tight against me, and ran up to my room todevour it without witnesses. (Camus, On Jean Greniers Les Iles)How Camus felt about Les Iles, I had felt about his Resistance, Rebellion and Death. And now, this book. Rarely, have I enjoyed just savoring a book. This is not a book I eagerly flipped pages to indulge in. It struck me best in odd moments of my day a few pages at a time. Everyone has their favorite writer that everyone wants others to appreciate and read.

Camus has been mine since I was 18 and, at this point, I'm not interested in trying to win converts.Coincidentally, I read this book as I was reading the works of the Greek Tragic Trio (Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides). It's easy now to see the influence of these writers on Camus and several of his essays make reference to the tragedies they wrote.

At one point, Camus discusses the virtues of the Mediterranean Culture versus the principles of Latin Culture based on Rome. 'We claim Aeschylus and not Euripedes.' (The New Mediterranean Culture). Given the fondness Socrates had for Euripides, and some of the similar strains of thought I believe connect Socrates and Camus, I was somewhat confused at Camus' disdain for Euripides. However, this was clarified later on.The essay entitled On the Future of Tragedy further separates Euripides from the others. Camus highlights Sophocles as preserving the true nature of tragedy by keeping the two vital elements balanced: 'both a revolt and an order are necessary.'

I recall both Meursault and Clamence mimicking this balance (though it has been a few years). For Camus, tragedy is defined by 't:he hero who: denies the order that strikes him down, and the divine order strikes because it is denied. Both thus assert their existence at the very moment when this existence is called into question.'

Euripides is thought to be the corrupter of true tragedy for the sake of individual drama. Focusing more on the psychology of the people rather than tragic duality.The rest of this is for me. Mostly because I'm too lazy to grab a pen to scribble this into a journal like a good tortured soul.If you choose to read on, please don't disparage this work by dissecting it for a handy quote-of-the-day.Hypocritical, I know.' Brice Parain often maintains that this little book contains my best work. I do not say this, knowing how honest he is, because of the impatience every artist feels when people are impertinent enough to prefer what he has been to what he is.

He means, and he is right, that there is more love in these awkward pages than all those that have followed.' (Preface: The Wrong Side and the Right Side)'Everything I am offered seeks to deliver man from the weight of his own life.' (Nuptials: The Wind at Djemila)'It asks that we make an act of lucidity as one makes an act of faith.' (Nuptials: Summer in Algiers)'But even today I cannot see what my revolt loses by being pointless, and I am well aware of what it gains.'

(Nuptials: The Desert)'Strength and violence are lonely gods.' (Summer: The Minotaur, or Stopping in Oran)'No man can say what he is. But sometimes he can say what he is not. Everyone wants the man who is still searching to have already reached his conclusions.' (Summer: The Enigma)'Yet people insist I identify my term or terms, once and for all.

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Then I object; when things have a label aren't they lost already? (Summer: The Enigma)'A man's work often retrace the story of his nostalgias or his temptations, practically never his own history especially when they claim to be autobiographical. No man has ever dared describe himself as he is.' (Summer: The Enigma)'Gide also suffers from that other prejudice of our day, which insists that we parade our despair to be counted as intelligent.' (Encounters with Andre Gide)'Char will always protest against those who sharpen guillotines.

He will have no truck with prison bread, and bread will always taste better to him in a hobo's mouth than in the prosecuting attorney's' (Rene Char)'One sentence stands out from the open book, one word still vibrates in the room, and suddenly, around the right word, the exact note, contradictions resolve themselves and disorder ceases. (On Jean Grenier's Les Iles). This book is split into two sections of essays. The lyrical essays in the first section are probably of more interest to the general reader, since the critical essays are often in response to other works of French literature (not having read all of them, it's a bit harder to follow Camus's arguments). The very last section contains some interviews with him, where he emphatically denies being a nihilist.What was unexpected for me is that the lyrical essays are almost all nature essays in some re This book is split into two sections of essays. The lyrical essays in the first section are probably of more interest to the general reader, since the critical essays are often in response to other works of French literature (not having read all of them, it's a bit harder to follow Camus's arguments).

The very last section contains some interviews with him, where he emphatically denies being a nihilist.What was unexpected for me is that the lyrical essays are almost all nature essays in some respect, or about the combination of man and landscape. One of these, 'The Desert,' is probably one of the most beautiful essays I have ever read. Even when I disagreed with Camus, his prose, descriptions, and turns of phrase have a kind of indelibility, an indelibility that seems as if only those words, in that order, could provide the right shade of meaning for what's expressed. To me, this is always the most beautiful, and moving, writing - writing that organizes and hallows the world by its very form. These are travel essays; they are meditations on existence; on mens' lives (unfortunately, women are there to be like a landscape-a surface from which to draw pleasure in looking); on religion; youth; the spirit at odds with the corruptibility of the body. The perfectly chiseled prose leaves me speechless and almost unable to argue, even when I don't agree. Reading the lyrical essays, and then some of the critical essays and interviews where Camus sets himself apart from the literature of the absurd and some of his contemporaries, I see his point.

It is not disgust at all that wells from these short, vivid, and meditative pieces, but rather a kind of boundless ability to confront beauty, accepting joy and terror together. There is a kind of arrogance, to be sure, especially in his focus on Mediterranean culture, but that didn't hamper my enjoyment. It's tempting to reach for even more lofty statements of my own to recommend this anthology, but I'll be more concise and simply say that I loved it and plan to treasure it. I must admit I haven't read much of the critical essays in this, but the lyrical essays are some of my favorite of Camus's writing.

I was prompted to read this by finishing up. In it, the author speaks very highly of his early works, for good reason.This book contains some of Camus's first publications-'The Wrong Side and the Right Side' and 'Nuptials'-as well as 'Summer', a later collection wherein he tries to recapture his former energy as displayed in Nuptials. All are g I must admit I haven't read much of the critical essays in this, but the lyrical essays are some of my favorite of Camus's writing. I was prompted to read this by finishing up.

In it, the author speaks very highly of his early works, for good reason.This book contains some of Camus's first publications-'The Wrong Side and the Right Side' and 'Nuptials'-as well as 'Summer', a later collection wherein he tries to recapture his former energy as displayed in Nuptials. All are great, but a tip of the hat has to go to Nuptials at Tipasa. The celebration of the healing powers of nature in 'Nuptials at Tipasa' proves Camus was not the nihilist people malign him as being. The lyricism and energy he imbues in nature is reminiscent of Thoreau, without the whole unfortunate belief in God.Ultimately, this book is a great collection of often overlooked writings by a literary luminary. This collection truly is a gem for anyone interested in Camus' thought. You will not find anything necessarily original here. As a matter of face, it may feel at times that you are hearing from a Camus you never thought existed.

But much like Gide's letters and Camus' own notebooks, you are granted insight to the inner workings of the man. No single piece will seem to match the whole, which is to be expected. Despite all that, you gain in knowing more of the man. Who is, was, and sees himself as This collection truly is a gem for anyone interested in Camus' thought. You will not find anything necessarily original here. As a matter of face, it may feel at times that you are hearing from a Camus you never thought existed. But much like Gide's letters and Camus' own notebooks, you are granted insight to the inner workings of the man.

No single piece will seem to match the whole, which is to be expected. Despite all that, you gain in knowing more of the man.

Who is, was, and sees himself as becoming. His interpretations of his past works (which are always beyond the control of their maker) as well as his lyrical reflections on his past. A truly beautiful, through fragmentary, collection of a writer whose importance can never be over stressed. Lyrical essays include excerpts from 'The Myth of Sisyphus' and other books; my two favorites are the one on his hometown in winter and the one on returning home, disillusioned, only to find redemption in the sudden sunlight rounding a streetcorner. Critical essays include reviews of Rene Char and other contemporaries, an introduction to his stage adaptation of a Faulkner novel, and thoughts on Melville.

Also included: a section of interviews and correspondence, like letters to Barthes and Sartr Lyrical essays include excerpts from 'The Myth of Sisyphus' and other books; my two favorites are the one on his hometown in winter and the one on returning home, disillusioned, only to find redemption in the sudden sunlight rounding a streetcorner. Critical essays include reviews of Rene Char and other contemporaries, an introduction to his stage adaptation of a Faulkner novel, and thoughts on Melville. Also included: a section of interviews and correspondence, like letters to Barthes and Sartre. Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us to die.

Great sea, ever in motion, ever virgin, my religion along with night! It washes and satiates us in its sterile billows, frees us and holds us upright.

Each breaker brings its promise, always the same. What does each say? If I were to die surrounded by cold mountains, ignored by the world, an outcast, at the end of my strength, at the final moment the sea woul Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us to die. Great sea, ever in motion, ever virgin, my religion along with night! It washes and satiates us in its sterile billows, frees us and holds us upright.

Each breaker brings its promise, always the same. What does each say? If I were to die surrounded by cold mountains, ignored by the world, an outcast, at the end of my strength, at the final moment the sea would flood my cell, would life me above myself and help me die without hatred. A continuation of this author's and thinker's impressions, observations, critiques, and opinions.There are a couple to a few essays repeated from other anthologies; but overall, the added material dominates.I particularly enjoyed his essay and observations on tragedy.Also, in this collection are transcripts from various interviews.

Wholly understandable why he felt the linking of himself to Sartre and the label existentialist 'odd.' A great addition A continuation of this author's and thinker's impressions, observations, critiques, and opinions.There are a couple to a few essays repeated from other anthologies; but overall, the added material dominates.I particularly enjoyed his essay and observations on tragedy.Also, in this collection are transcripts from various interviews. Wholly understandable why he felt the linking of himself to Sartre and the label existentialist 'odd.' A great addition for any and all wishing to go beyond The Stranger, Sisyphus, The Rebel, and The Plague.Kudos Albert. This is my favorite of Camus' work.

The collection of essays found here provide insight into Camus' thought and his world. At times what you learn seems to reflect the Algeria of his time.

Yet in spite of the heat, the political and cultural tension that was Algeria, Camus' essays bring out a rare light to view the world as he does.(Of special note to you Sartre lovers out there, this book contains some of the articles written between them. Think of them less as news journal articles This is my favorite of Camus' work.

The collection of essays found here provide insight into Camus' thought and his world. At times what you learn seems to reflect the Algeria of his time. Yet in spite of the heat, the political and cultural tension that was Algeria, Camus' essays bring out a rare light to view the world as he does.(Of special note to you Sartre lovers out there, this book contains some of the articles written between them.

Think of them less as news journal articles and more like the medieval 'disputations' between great thinkers.).

Albert Camus The Stranger: Existentialism and Absurdism EssayExistentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe, regards human existence as unexplainTABLE, and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one’s acts. This philosophy is essentially the crux of the novel The Stranger and not only serves as one of the themes but probably the main reason Albert Campus wrote the book altogether.Presented in first person narration through the eyes of Muralist, the indifferent and apathetic main character, the novel serves to evoke the reed of existentialism through the embodiment of the philosophy in a person. These opening lines of the novel serve not only to introduce the novel but to summarize it as well. Rather than focusing on what is important-his mother’s death-Muralist is soused on when exactly she died; whether it was yesterday or today, since the telegraph only stated the funeral would be tomorrow. Right away, within the very first sentence, the reader is introduced to existentialism incarnate.

Muralist exhibits a complete and utter indifference to life manifested by a profound lack of emotion.He doesn’t care when his mother died, in fact the fact that he has to attend the funeral altogether is the most troubling part of this whole ordeal to him. When he finally gets to the funeral, he couldn’t care less about his mother-as he rejects the offer to open the casket-but is utterly ensured by the days heat. Campus does a great job in the first part of the novel of demonstrating to the reader not only the philosophy of existentialism, but a corporal representation of it as well. This corporal representation of existentialism is what makes The Stranger the unique book it is.As opposed to the multitude of books and manifestos approaching existentialism from an academic perspective, The Stranger approaches the philosophy by detailing a character with the belief innately in him and showing how someone like this might behave. Neither the external world in which Muralist lives nor the internal world of his thoughts and attitudes possesses any rational order.

Muralist has no discernible reason for his actions, such as his decision to marry Marie and his decision to kill the Arab. The book, narrated by Muralist, is basically life detailed superficially by him.He talks about the weather, the food he’s eating, about the things he did that day rather than how he feels or thinks of other people, places and things. This is how a person consumed with existentialism would behave and think-indifferently and apathetically. Muralist passes no judgment on people and is ultimate executed for killing an Arab for no apparent reason. The philosophy or theory of Existentialism is somewhat controversial, but nonetheless in many respects it has some noTABLE and legitimate points.If one were to truly take a look at the universe, it would seem purposeless. And humans do in fact possess the innate desire, or rather compulsion, to explain things and have things figured out-thus explaining their need to associate a purpose with the universe, even when it doesn’t necessarily exist.

But what made this theory come about in the 19th century when It could have been realized centuries before? The reason is the tragedy and devastation the roll saw at this time-several world wars in specific.If we take a look at the life of Albert Campus himself, it’s hard to deny the fact that there is a connection between the existentialism’s inception and personal tragedy. In 1914, Campus’ Father was drafted into WI and killed in France. In 1934 he Married Simons Hi©, but divorced her two years later. In 1 939 he volunteered for service in WI, but was rejected due to illness.

In 1940 he wrote an essay on the state of Muslims in Algeria causing him to lose his job and move to Paris.In 1941 he joined the French resistance against the Nazis and became n editor of Combat, an underground newspaper. These, as well as many other incidents and events in Campus’ life influenced him in the sense that they formed in him a bleak, pessimistic view of life. This perspective undoubtedly set the foundation for his adoption of the theory of existentialism. “If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacTABLE grandeur of this life. The point illuminated in this quote by Campus is that although some consider viewing life with despair to be wrong, or sinful, in reality hoping for n after life, “another life”, or living a life of implacTABLE grandeur is the real sin. Campus held strong to the belief of Absurdist, or the belief that humanity’s effort to find meaning in the universe will ultimately fail-thus it is absurd to try to find meaning or to live as though there is a meaning because no such meaning exists.While Absurdist might seem like a synonym for Existentialism, the two are slightly different.

Existentialism makes the point that there is no purpose or meaning in the universe. Absurdist goes a step further to say that not only is life purposeless, but any attempt at finding meaning is utterly absurd. Albert Campus, being the popularized man that he was, held more firmly to the belief of Absurdist than existentialism. In writing The Stranger, Albert Campus championed the idea of existentialism, a philosophy he truly believed in it.But the philosophy of existentialism is not free of criticism.