{"product_id":"the-myth-of-sisyphus-by-albert-camus-author-justin-obrien-translator-james-wood-afterword","title":"The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus (Author), Justin O'Brien (Translator), James Wood (Afterword)","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780141182001\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePenguin Classics, March 2000\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e192 pages, Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question: If human existence has no meaning, is life worth living?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'What I touch, what resists me - that is what I understand'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Camus argues, if there is no God to give meaning to our lives, humans must take on that purpose themselves. This is our 'absurd' task, like Sisyphus condemned forever to roll a rock up a hill. Written during the bleakest days of the Second World War, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Myth of Sisyphus\u003c\/span\u003e argues for an acceptance of reality that encompasses revolt, passion and, above all, liberty, gained through an awareness of pure existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains several other essays, including lyrical evocations of the sunlit cities of Algiers and Oran, the settings of his great novels \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Outsider \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e The Plague\u003c\/span\u003e. The writings in this volume are all, in their own way, hymns to the physical world and the elemental pleasures of living.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47633328799906,"sku":null,"price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/81lAFthGGuL._SL1500.jpg?v=1788848593","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/the-myth-of-sisyphus-by-albert-camus-author-justin-obrien-translator-james-wood-afterword","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}