"Hope and the Absurd in the work of Franz Kafka"
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Nothing is harder to understand than a symbolic work. A symbol always transcends the one who makes use of it and makes him say in reality more than he is aware of expressing.
— Albert Camus
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Source: Wikiquote: "Albert Camus" (Quotes, The Myth of Sisyphus (1942): The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (1942, 1955) )
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About Albert Camus
Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French Pied-Noir author, absurdist philosopher and winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature.
About Albert Camus
Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French Pied-Noir author, absurdist philosopher and winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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