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The Myth Of sisyphus
08 $One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide; the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus brilliantly posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal existence, and the possibility of life lived with dignity and authenticity.
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The Outsider
08 $Published in 1942, the novel tells the story of an emotionally detached, amoral young man named Meursault. He does not cry at his mother’s funeral, does not believe in God, and kills a man he barely knows without any discernible motive. For his crime, Meursault is deemed a threat to society and sentenced to death.
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The Prophet
08 $The book is made up of 26 prose poems, delivered as sermons by a wise man called Al Mustapha. He is about to set sail for his homeland after 12 years in exile on a fictional island when the people of the island ask him to share his wisdom on the big questions of life: love, family, work and death.
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The Republic
08 $Plato undertakes to show what justice is and why it is in each person’s best interest to be just.
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The Secret History
08 $Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality they slip gradually from obsession to corruption and betrayal, and at last—inexorably—into evil.
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The Setting Sun
08 $The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai is a true testament to the struggles of Post War Japan. It tells the tragic story of an Aristocratic Family from the perspective of the eldest daughter Kazuko, as their sense of identity and titles have been stripped from them in the wake of Japanese social, and economic reforms.
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The Stranger
08 $Tells the story of the assassination of an Arab man who is never named. This story demonstrates the depths of human apathy as the main character, Meursault, is put on trial for the murder of the man.
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The Trial
08 $Tells the story of Josef K., a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime revealed neither to him nor to the reader.
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They Came To Baghdad
015 $Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret summit of superpowers, concerned but not convinced, about the development of an, as yet, unidentified and undescribed secret weapon. Only one man has the proof that can confirm the nature of this fantastic secret weapon – a British agent named Carmichael.
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Tuesdays With Morrie
08 $Tuesdays with Morrie chronicles Mitch Albom’s transformative journey through his weekly meetings with his dying college professor. Through their deep conversations, Morrie imparts invaluable wisdom about love, forgiveness, relationships, and pursuing a meaningful life.
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Wuthering Heights
08 $The Victorian novelist Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights follows a passion and love between Heathcliff and Catherine that turns destructive. With its setting in the windswept Yorkshire Moors, the story begins in 1801 told through the character of Lockwood, and moves to the 1770s in flashbacks.