**A Nobel Prize-winning author delivers one of the most influential
works of the twentieth century, showing a way out of despair and
reaffirming the value of existence.
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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 presents a crucial exposition of existentialist
thought.