Exile and the Kingdom

Exile and the Kingdom
AuthorAlbert Camus
Original titleL'exil et le royaume
TranslatorJustin O'Brien
Cover artistPaul Rand
LanguageFrench
GenreShort stories
PublisherHenry Holt & Company
Publication date
1957
Publication placeFrance
Pages213
ISBN978-0679733850

Exile and the Kingdom (French: L'Exil et le Royaume) is a 1957 collection of six short stories by French writer Albert Camus. First published in French, in translation, it was not well received by contemporary English critics.[1] The underlying theme of these stories is human loneliness and feeling foreign and isolated in one's own society.[2] Camus writes about outsiders living in Algeria who straddle the divide between the Muslim world and France.[3]