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.

Influenced by works such asDon Juanand the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicidethe question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus brilliantly presentsa crucial exposition of existentialist thought.