French novelist, philosopher, publicist, Nobel Prize winner (1957) Albert Camus (1913-1960) was called "Conscience of the West" during his lifetime, and now he is considered one of the most prominent writers and thinkers of the twentieth century, whose works are at the intersection of fiction. and a philosophical treatise. A. Camus's books "Alien", "Plague", "Fall", "Plays" were published by "Folio" publishing house. The collection "Exile and the Kingdom", which includes six short stories, was published in 1957 in France and reflects the profound changes that have taken place in the creative consciousness of the writer. Deliberately avoiding innovative forms, Camus contains very different stories in one book, which unites the theme of loneliness and isolation from society. The events in most of the short stories take place in Algeria. The writer talks about the life of the poor, the fate of an artist who loses talent, the individual's right to rebel and the lack of the most important choice - the opportunity not to choose. "Exile" and "kingdom" are different poles of existence, the distance between which is the length of human life ...
