Exile and the Kingdom

I am on my third book by Albert Camus, and I begining to like him. The author came to my attention during the COVID lockdown as lots of folks recommend his book ‘The Plague'. I didn't get to read this publication but ended up with an interest on the writer.

The first boo I read by Camus was ‘A Happy Death'. It turned out to be one of the most twisted ideas about life that I had read. And now this book seems to have continued where ‘A Happy Death' stopped.

The collection of essays capture the struggle of human with society norms and expectations. Of course Camus adds his dark perspective to each story. Most of his stories explore loneliness and introspection. It focusses on an individual and their struggle.

In each story, a man or woman is struggling with deeper thoughts and yearning to burst out and live life according to their own understanding of it.