Albert Camus

Fiction Is The Lie Through Which We Tell The Truth

By Paul D. Marks

 October 19, 2018

Does fiction matter when reality is so harrowing? Albert Camus, author of The Stranger, said “fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” But is fiction, especially genre fiction — mysteries, thrillers, suspense, and romance — the place to talk about serious issues such as the contentious immigration… Read more

Literary Noir: The Stranger by Albert Camus (1942)

By David Cranmer

 September 9, 2015

Albert Camus’ (1913-1960) name is synonymous with literary excellence, earned from a reputation carved from milestones such as The Stranger (1942), The Plague, (1947) and The Fall (1956). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957, bestowed in part “for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness,… Read more