This collection includes two significant works by Camus.
"The Rebel" is an essay written at the intersection of literary criticism and philosophy. One of Camus's central ideas, which forms the basis of his existentialist writerly and philosophical concept, is the idea of rebellion. Rebellion, even if doomed to failure three times over, drives a person who wishes to control their own destiny to fight against the laws of society. According to Camus, a meaningful life is impossible without struggle, just as struggle is impossible without the will to freedom, which again and again confronts us with the "cursed" questions of existence.
"The Myth of Sisyphus" is a philosophical essay in which the author presents Sisyphus's meaningless and endless labor as a metaphor for modern society. Why do we work every day? Who needs it? The daily commute to work is essentially as absurd a task as the constant attempt to roll a stone up a hill, from which it will roll back down anyway.
Author: Albert Camus
Translation: E. Golovina, S. Velikovsky
Pages: 512 (newsprint). Softcover
Dimensions: 116x180 mm
Series: Exclusive Classics
