Kierkegaard and Camus each pointed to some fundamental conditions of our existence. Life is about creating meaning. When one lives passionately, one can die without rebellion.

Camus was delighted to see them; indeed, Monsieur Baumas, of the garage, recalls that encountering Gallimard was the peak of a morning in which Camus, always a man of good spirit, was particularly ...

In “The Dazzling Paget Sisters,” Ariane Bankes unearths the writings of her high-society mother and aunt, getting glimpses at the 20th-century figures with whom they cavorted.

Reading the works of Plath, Camus and Woolf would provide a raw insight on the philosophical fronts of life. Their work has left an indelible mark on the literary landscape. Marking their writing as ...

EXILE AND THE KINGDOM (213 pp.) —Albert Camus—Knopf ($3.50). Nobel Prizewinner Albert Camus is a writer without small talk. His themes—life, love, death, man, God, time—are large and ...