Philisophical texts on absurdism?

I think “Being and Nothingness” is his prime work about existentialism, but I don’t exactly what it says about absurdism.

OOps – sorry about that. Guess I got my “Fear and Trembling” and my “Being and Nothingness” mixed up. That’s what happens when you take the summer off!

@gailcalled why would i do that when fluther can give me a much better answer

@Janbb: Summer should not be about fear, trembling, or nothingness. Being is fine as long as you are under a tree being with a book and iced tea.

@standardtoaster : I hope the wait is not too long. If I were to answer your question, I’d have to Google first. Why not simply skip the middleman?

the most succinct and (in my view) clearest piece is Albert Camus’ “The Myth of Sisyphus and other essays”.

I second @Rsam; also, Sartre’s “Being and Nothingness” is the tome – or anything else by Sartre if the length and breadth of B&N daunt you. If you’re up for a real challenge try Heidegger… Other routes to the philosophy of the absurd actually pass through some fine literature: Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” and “The Trial” spring to mind, as does Camus’ “The Stranger”...