Albert Camus and the Human Crisis

A renowned scholar investigates the "human crisis" that Albert Camus confronted in his world and in ours, producing a brilliant study of Camus's life and influence for those readers who, in Camus's words, "cannot live without dialogue and friendship."

As France-and all of the world-was emerging from the depths of World War II, Camus summed up what he saw as "the human crisis":

We gasp for air among people who believe they are absolutely right, whether it be in their machines or their ideas....