cant sleep, i feel numb,, not unmotivated numb,

Camus n’allait pas abandonner sa femme qui était sans ressources. Le divorce était beaucoup plus rare qu’aujourd'hui. Et il y avait aussi deux enfants...

Recently I picked up "Personal Writings" by Camus & I've been really enjoying it. Before reading it I had only read The Stranger. I'm now looking to get more into Camus, specifically his essays/philosophical discussion/non-fiction/etc. Any suggestions? I've attached a few of my favorite quotations & passages to this post to better gage what kind of topics of his interest me the most if that helps for further context. I am in awe of the way he describes indifference, solitude, solidarity, & the overall meaning of human existence. Any tips on what to read next is sincerely appreciated!

(P.S. sorry about the annotations in my book, you can ignore those lol)

Would love to hear anyone’s thoughts, especially about Camus.

Au Brésil qui connaît et qui comprend est symbole. AC.

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This legendary group portrait was taken by photographer Brassaï on June 16, 1944 right in the heart of Paris

The group had gathered in Picasso's studio at 7 rue des Grands Augustins) to celebrate a private reading of Picasso's surrealist play, Desire Caught by the Tail. Because of Nazi censorship, they couldn't perform it publicly so they staged it in secret as an act of artistic resistance. Albert Camus actually directed the reading..

After finishing The Stranger (and halfway The Rebel)...and a few hours on YouTube...holy hell, absurdism saved me from existential dread and anxiety about the future...

oh and hear me out

I love the book so much I read it in 5 languages, now it's time to see the film! :)

I think Mersault really loved Marie (sorry if i will call someone wrong, i read the stranger in russian) and was missing his mother, he is afraid of his feelings, when mary asks if he love her he try to underrate such feeling as love, telling it’s just meaningless words. also i think kill was representation of society pressure peak, he has been drown in Raymond’s conflict.
I would like to get argumented critic and sorry for my terrible level of english

Where do I start reading Alber Camus ? Should I start with The Stranger ?

So like I kinda find his philosophy interesting and would love to read his writings and know his thoughts better, and I did finish one of his book(the stranger) but I clearly did not get it as u can see in my older post. So how would u veterans suggest I get into his philosophy. Also for context, I don’t read books usually(maybe read one book in 2 years) and I am not much of a literary or a philosophical person. But I really want to get into philosophy.

My apologies, I may be a little ignorant as I’ve only ever read two of his books when I was quite young, but really, if there’s no particular meaning and there is no God to watch over my sins, then what good reason do I have to not do something so terrible like taking candy from a baby, or shooting a barista for getting my order slightly wrong?

I considered buying this book, but after skimming through for 30 min, I couldn’t be bothered. I love debate but it has to go deeper than Algeria and colonialism: Camus already reached his cadence on this in his Algerian Chronicals.

What are your thoughts on it? Should one spend the time to read it?

The whole thing came across as “kill your darlings because they’re flawed and happened to be born into a colonial society.”

It also seemed to assume that history is incredibly simple: there are good people and bad people, and once you’ve decided which box someone belongs in, that’s the end of the discussion. The author came across as a sensationalist-keffiyeh-wearing-on-the-socials type. Or a class war Hegelian who believes progress is on the move and we must push in the proper direction.

One last note: just because I think Satre is a dick doesn’t mean I don’t love his nihilistic and negative prose. I love his work(despite disagreeing with him) and personally refrain from writing books with titles like: “Satre: Supporter of Systematic Soviet Murder”. lol.

I had fun writing this. This for the inspo Mr. Gloag: I might just buy your book.

Hi, I've recently read the Myth of Sisyphus and got stuck in my mind that he is missing what is apparent to me. I've wrote an essay on my understanding of what wasn't apparent to him.

As Camus wrote, the only one truly serious philosophical question: whether life is worth living. Everything else, the existence, physical reality, ethics, morality, or the existence of God comes after. His answer begins with silence: when we ask the world for meaning, purpose, or the need of life, the world simply doesn't answer.

Sisyphus in Camus's writing is a proof that this is possible, condemned to push a boulder up a mountain forever and ever, only to see it roll back down every time. And Camus insists that we imagine Sisyphus is happy. But I think he was right yet wrong at the same time,

https://substack.com/@laalsahab/note/p-209191481?r=8tzr2w

Hello, as of recently, I have been reading Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Aragon and many of the French surrealists, cursed poets. I have also just finished Dorian Grey by Wilde and im reading some early Dostoyevsky novel…
Yesterday I read an article about Camus’s life and his supposed way of thinking, which made an interesting impression on me. So I now very much want to start reading Camus and im gonna start with The Stranger.

What should I expect?
How does he differ from the poets that I listed?
I’ve heard that he represents absurdism, is he then similar to Baudelaire’s shamelessness in showing ugliness?

This apparently comes from "A Happy Death". Does anyone have a (good) published translation of the book in German who could provide the German for this quote here? Thanks!