The Stranger
Albert Camus · Modern · Novel
Subject guide
Absurdity
Explore 21 works associated with Absurdity in The Western Canon. This page is generated from reviewed catalog classifications and links directly to each featured work.
Featured works
The Plague
Albert Camus · Modern · Novel
Catch-22
Joseph Heller · Postwar · Novel / satire
The Government Inspector
Nikolai Gogol · 19th Century · Fiction / drama
Dead Souls
Nikolai Gogol · 19th Century · Fiction / drama
The Overcoat
Nikolai Gogol · 19th Century · Fiction / drama
The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus · Modern · Novel / essays
The Bald Soprano
Eugène Ionesco · Modern · Drama
Molloy
Samuel Beckett · Modern · Drama / fiction
Malone Dies
Samuel Beckett · Modern · Drama / fiction
The Rebel
Albert Camus · Modern · Novel / essays
The Unnamable
Samuel Beckett · Modern · Drama / fiction
The Fall
Albert Camus · Modern · Novel / essays
Endgame
Samuel Beckett · Modern · Drama / fiction
Rhinoceros
Eugène Ionesco · Modern · Drama
Mother Night
Kurt Vonnegut · Postwar · Novel / satire
Cat’s Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut · Postwar · Novel / satire
Closely Watched Trains
Bohumil Hrabal · Postwar · Novel
Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut · Postwar · Novel / satire
Something Happened
Joseph Heller · Postwar · Novel / satire
Too Loud a Solitude
Bohumil Hrabal · Postwar · Novel