/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.13741551]

>tfw don't know where to start with Camus

Can someone drop a chart or recommend what books I should read in order to have a deep understanding of this Chad?

Throw in some Sartre recs while you're at it.

[Anonymous No.13741575]

>>13741551

[Anonymous No.13741589]

>>13741575
Yo bb thanks. Got googly-eyes chart?

[Anonymous No.13741599]

- Jean-Paul Sartre : Nausea
- Jean-Paul Sartre : The Wall
- Jean-Paul Sartre : Plays
- Jean-Paul Sartre : Words
- Jean-Paul Sartre : Being and Nothingness ( really hard unless you have philosophical experience )


- Albert Camus : The Stranger
- Albert Camus : The Plague
- Albert Camus : The Fall
- Albert Camus : Exile and the Kingdom
- Albert Camus : The Myth of Sisyphus
- Albert Camus : The Rebel
- Albert Camus : Resistance, Rebellion, and Death
- Albert Camus : Caligula and Other Plays: Caligula; Cross Purpose; The Just; The Possessed (Penguin Modern Classics)
- Albert Camus : A Happy Death
- Albert Camus : The First Man
- Albert Camus : Lyrical and Critical Essays (Vintage International)
- Albert Camus : Notebooks 1935-1942: Volume 1
- Albert Camus : Notebooks 1945-1951: Volume 2

He's neither a pseud nor a savior. Make of him what you will, and don't let /lit/ tell you what to think.

Everyman has a 700+ pages long compilation of The Stranger, The Plague, The Fall, The Myth of Sisyphus, and Reflections on the Guillotine for like 12 euros. Hardcover, sewn binding, the usual Everyman deal. It's a good choice for getting to know his ideas if you don't want to read all of his works.

Good luck.

[Anonymous No.13741601]

The plague is by far his greatest achievement. Personally my favorite novel of all time.

[Anonymous No.13741616]

I don’t think Camus is a philosopher you need prerequisites for. Just read The Stranger and some of his other stories, and then get a copy of The Myth of Sisyphus.