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Albert camus, a 20th century french existentialist, discusses the absurdity of life, and addresses the question of. In the outsider 1942, his classic existentialist novel, camus explores the alienation of an. The myth of sisyphus, by albert camus full audio duration. The book was published in multiple languages including. The stranger albert camus audiobook chapters 1, 2, and 3. The main characters of this philosophy, cultural story are meursault, raymond sintes. Camus acknowledged employing an american method in writing the stranger, in the first half of the book in particular. The book is short 125 pages and written in the short sentence, staccato style of writers like hemingway. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. It would be hard to describe the beauty of camus writing, his brilliance at bringing characters to life, and the gentle way that he moves the protagonist. Lottmans albert camus was the first and remains the definitive biography even in france.
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