"The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays" by Albert Camus, translated from the French by Justin O'Brien, published by Vintage Books A Division of Random House, copyright 1955.

Soft cover, 4" x 7"; 152 pages, a few sings of aging, tight binding, unused very good condition.

"This is a great way to introduce someone to existentialism. I always thought Camus to be much more accessible to say, Jean Paul Sartre. If you know anyone who wants to know more about existentialism, tell them to read this book. It's a great introduction to what existentialism is about. It also makes sense of Camus' most famous book, The Stranger."

"Camus sees Sisyphus as the absurd hero who lives life to the fullest, hates death, and is condemned to a meaningless task. Camus presents Sisyphus's ceaseless and pointless toil as a metaphor for modern lives spent working at futile jobs in factories and offices."

Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. He wrote in his essay The Rebel that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply into individual freedom. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957.

Camus did not consider himself to be an existentialist despite usually being classified as one, even in his lifetime. In a 1945 interview, Camus rejected any ideological associations: "No, I am not an existentialist. Sartre and I are always surprised to see our names linked..."

Camus was born in Algeria to a Pied-Noir family, and studied at the University of Algiers from which he graduated in 1936. In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons to "denounce two ideologies found in both the USSR and the USA"

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