Camus Summer In Algiers Upd -

He writes about the people of Algiers with a kind of jealous admiration. These are not people saving up treasures in heaven. They are people who live in the total present. They are young, poor, and gloriously physical. They spend their mornings on the diving boards, their afternoons in the cinema, and their nights on the beach.

But Summer in Algiers is a state of mind. camus summer in algiers

Written in 1936 (before The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus ), this essay is not a work of cold philosophy. It is a love letter. It is a visceral, sweaty, salty ode to the Algerian sun, the sea, and the people who live "without memory" in the present moment. He writes about the people of Algiers with