Committed Writings

3.5. love how he sees the world but i prefer his fictional works over his political writings - still a king though!......more

The work of Camus has never stopped being relevant. Today, it becomes more relevant. In this collection, we have his most important essays on ethics. Reading or rereading them in this order brings a sense that, even when everything seems lost, our common humanity keeps up in place.......more

Obviously a great collection however the first two essays appear in previous published works the only new to me work is his Nobel Prize speeches......more

Creating dangerously for Camus was the essence of art. To reconcile narrative and human experience. As wonderful companions to his fictional work - notably L'Étranger and La Chute - these three essays act as a reminder of Camus' greatness as an intellectual, militant, and artist, and reaffirm the Fr......more

Committed Writings is a collection of three sets of essays: Letters to a German Friend, Reflections on the Guillotine, and The Nobel Speeches. These are really three distinct topics of little topical overlap. 1. Letters to a German Friend I have been, low key, on a minor quest to understand the thou......more