Jacques Colmery, who grew up in a slum in Algeria, became famous at the age of forty. At the order of his mother, he searched for the grave of his father who died in the war and visited people who had been in contact with his father. However, no one could provide him with complete information. His father had long been forgotten. Jacques still knows nothing about the man who used to be his father, but in the process of searching for his roots, he recovered every bit of his own growth. The hardships and joys of his childhood life came to his face like scenes. Jacques finally understood that the land that had nourished him and the people on that land, due to poverty, would eventually be lost in a nameless world with no past and no future. "Everyone here is the first person." This book is an unfinished manuscript that was found in Camus's bag when he died suddenly. It is different from the "absurd" theme in the first stage of his creation and the "resistance" theme in the second stage. During this period, Camus experienced great setbacks after becoming famous and returned to his true nature with a new attitude, hoping to get closer to the true meaning of art.
