How would you describe an Alberts Camus fan in one sentence?

It's funny to me that my introduction to Albert Camus was the song Killing an Arab by The Cure. It was also around the time I read my first french existentialist book: The Stranger. I loved it, though now I feel I was a little too young to fully get it. Still, the ideas stayed with me for years because they felt so true. The way Camus saw and expressed the world in that book really resonated with me.

The Plague came after. I didn't own a copy, so I printed a very weird, badly formatted PDF (I was 17, and it was 2005), and because of that I never finished it. Afterward, I put Camus on the shelf, along with reading in general, for a few university years, since I majored in biology.

Later, the TV series and then the books of The Expanse brought me back to literature. I went ahead and reread both The Stranger and The Plague, and also read Summer, Weddings, and The Fall—all great works. I recently bought The Myth of Sisyphus and am eager to begin it after I finish a few other books.

If you're a fan of Albert Camus, or if you've been curious about him, please describe yourself—or someone you know—in a single sentence in the comments.

Posted Jun 3, 2026, 11:35 PM UTC

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