sib Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Has anyone read A Happy Death by Albert Camus? I was looking at it in Waterstones and it looked interesting, but I didn't get it at the time. Wondering if it's worth getting. :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Stein Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 I think A Happy Death is a precursor to The Outsider (or The Stranger), sib, and so not quite a fully formed work as such. I had little joy with another of his unpolished works, The First Man, recently You might want to make sure you've read all his complete and final stuff first, if you haven't already. My eye has been on The Plague for some time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sib Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 Cheers, I might get The Outsider instead, then. :upsidedown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartBomb Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Certainly get The Outsider, and also The Fall; that's Camus in a nutshell in two books! If you like that, also check out The Plague and The Myth of Sisyphus; harder going, but worth the effort... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angury Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Has anyone read The Myth of Sisyphus? I really enjoyed reading The Stranger so thought I'd give The Myth of Sisyphus a go. I thought the idea behind it was very interesting, but I just couldn't get into it. I found the writing style so vague (a bit like Foucault) and I felt like most of the points he was making were going over my head. Perhaps it's a book I need to read when I'm a bit older. I'd love to hear other people's thoughts on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisman Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I read The Outsider last year and loved it - very thought provoking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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