Category: Philosophy

The Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier is my first novel by the author, and it rather disappointed my expectations. The novel tells the story…

The Stranger was my first introduction to Albert Camus. It was nearly a decade ago. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get past the protagonist, Meursault, so…

Narcissus and Goldmund is a beautifully written story of two medieval men who search for meaning and truth in life. They meet each other…

Demian is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Hermann Hesse. Combining Hesse’s own experiences with theories of hypnoanalysis of Carl Jung, Nietzschean philosophy, and Eastern…

Invisible Cities is quite a strange book. It chronicles the dialogue between Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor, and Marco Polo, a Venetian traveler, wherein…

Nausea brings to us a man’s struggle to come to terms with his own existence. Antoine Roquentin is disgusted with his everyday existence. Being…

It is no easy task to review a book by Albert Camus. His books are deeply philosophical and often thought-provoking. You need to summon…