Sinking, Exile and Kingdom

★The works of Nobel Prize winner Camus, this book includes the novel "The Sinking" and the short story collection "Exile and the Kingdom" ★The translator Shen Zhiming made a long introduction based on the literature to help readers understand Camus's works. ★It has a unique flavor. The whole story is a monologue by the protagonist. Foreign theaters have adapted it into a monologue play based on it. [About the author] Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a well-known French novelist, essayist and playwright, and a literary master of the philosophy of absurd existence. In 1957, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his "enthusiastic and calm elucidation of contemporary issues raised to human conscience". He was one of the youngest Nobel Prize-winning writers in history. In his novels, plays, essays and treatises, Camus profoundly revealed the loneliness of man in an alien world, the increasing alienation of individuals from themselves, and the inevitability of sin and death. However, while he revealed the absurdity of the world, he was not desperate and decadent. He advocated rising up in absurdity and adhering to truth and justice in despair. He pointed out to the world a path of liberal humanitarianism other than religious belief and totalitarianism. His courage to face the bleak life and his fearless spirit of "knowing that it was impossible but doing it" made him the spokesperson of his generation and the spiritual mentor of the next generation not only in France, but also in Europe and eventually the world after the Second World War. [Content introduction] This book includes "The Sinking" and "Exile and the Kingdom". "The Sinking" was originally planned as a chapter in "Exile and the Kingdom", but due to its length, it was published separately. Therefore, the Chinese version will be published in two volumes. "The Sinking" is a painful monologue by the protagonist Jean-Baptiste Clamans that directly touches human nature. In a Mexico City bar in Amsterdam, Klamance, who calls himself the "Judge-Confessor," looked back on the past years. He was once a practicing lawyer and lived a prosperous life, with fame and money. But one night when he was crossing the bridge, a woman jumped into the river behind him and committed suicide. He fell into self-blame for not saving her life, and thus began the road to sinking... He realized that his past was all false, and realized that human nature is irredeemable. "Exile and Kingdom" consists of six short stories. Although the content of each article is different, the protagonists all feel frustrated in their daily lives and struggle to find the "kingdom", that is, the meaning and happiness of life. Therefore, they feel lonely, like "exile".