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The Myth of Sisyphus (Penguin Modern Classics)
Albert Camus

Penguin Classics, 2000

The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays

47 reviews
Albert Camus

Vintage, 1991

Definitely worth a try
Not everyone is inclined to navel lintgazing. Nor is everyone up for the level of effort necessary to gain any type of understanding of Camus' writings either. That doesn't mean the effort should not be made though! I avoided Camus for years, until a reference at work (hostage negotiation) made me realize that Camus' work was an essential element for my toolbox - namely being able to agree ...

The Children of Sisyphus

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965

His first and only novel about the underworld in Jamaica.

Myth of Sisyphus & Other Essays
Albert Camus

Vintage, 1955

the myth of sisyphus

1 review
Albert Camus

Intage, 1955

Sisyphus punishment and life's absurdity, Camus is at his best
It is not unexpected, that in the myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus, describes human predicament as a form of exile and life as a meaningless struggle. Granted, Camus presents his philosophy of absurdity in all his works, but in this special work he's clearly explaining how his unique view of life's absurdity came to life. Camus is simply trying to say that absurdity is the incompatibility ...

The Myth of Sisyphus-and other essays
Albert Camus

Vintage Book, 1955

The European Sisyphus: Essays On Europe, 1964-1994 (The New Europe : Interdisciplinary Perspectives)
Stanley Hoffmann

Westview Press, 1995

Bringing together all of Stanley Hoffmann’s significant essays on the development and difficulties of European integration, this collection highlights the intractability of the divisions that plagued the European Union from its very beginning. Just as the process of integration has displayed the same ambiguities, hesitations, and failings over the years, so have Hoffmann’s general preoccupations and emphases remained constant.These ...

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
Albert Camus

Vintage Books, 1959

Sisyphus and Eldorado: Magical and Other Realisms in Caribbean Literature

Africa World Pr, 2003

Creative writers and critics come together in this major collection of writings about the literature of the Dutch-, English-, French-, and Spanish-speaking Caribbean. It began with the thought that a distinction might be made between a principally anglophone "Sisyphus," representing the task of material, metaphysical, and cultural liberation as a basically pessimistic work of "success" and "achievement," and a francophone and hispanophone ...

Knowledge And Innovation for Development: The Sisyphus Challenge of the 21st Century
Francisco R. Sagasti

Edward Elgar Pub, 2005

`A landmark study that will inspire practitioners as much as it will inspire further research on the role of technology in economic change. A powerful reminder to policy makers on the importance of creativity as a source of economic renewal.' - Calestous Juma, Harvard University, US `Knowledge and Innovation for Development is a splendid piece of scholarship, which no-one else could possibly have written. It brings together an astonishing ...

The Myth of Sisyphus: Renaissance Theories of Human Perfectibility
Elliot M. Simon

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2007

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