Exile and the Kingdom

Interesting Facts

• The book consists of six novellas, each exploring the theme of alienation and existential crisis.
• The novella «The Guest» is one of the most famous and frequently analyzed, telling the story of a teacher's complex moral choices in an Algerian village.
• In the novella «The Silent Men», Camus explores the theme of the destructive consequences of silence and unspoken words in relationships.
• In each novella, Camus uses various landscapes and natural elements to highlight the characters' internal states.
• The book was published in 1957, the same year Camus received the Nobel Prize in Literature.