[KC Burke]

Gregore Samsa woke up one morning to find that he had been changed into a ...

[mjp]

an act the absurdity of which is revealed only when others demand in vain a reason.

Everything happens for a reason:

1) To help you feel at home in the world
2) to help you totally accept yourself
3) to show you that you can let go of fear
4) to bring you to a place where you can feel forgiveness
5) to help you uncover your true hidden talent
6) to give you what you need to find true love
7) to help you become stronger
8) to help you discover the play in life
9) to show you how to live with a sense of mission
10)to help you become a truly good person

[Billthedrill]

Interesting guy, and about the only existentialist I can stand to read cover to cover. The Myth of Sisyphus alone is worth the price of admission. I came away from that one convinced that Camus was clinically depressed and I haven't really shaken the conviction.

I found The Plague fascinating. Camus denied that it was an existentialist novel and in that I concur. I do think there's an awful lot of postwar commentary going on under the surface. Great book club material. Happy B-day Albert, wherever you are. We must imagine him happy...