Table of Contents: 1. The myth of Sisyphus 2. An absurd reasoning 3. Absurdity and suicide 4. Absurd wall 5. The philosophical suicide 6. Absurd freedom 7. The absurd man 8. Don Juanism 9. Drama 10. Conquest 11. Absurd creation 12. Philosophy and fiction 13. Kirilov 14. Ephemeral creation 15. The myth of Sisyphus 16. Hope and the absurd in the work of Franz Kafka
One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus--featured here in a stand-alone edition--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.