him, he was so solitary and indifferent to everything and to himself as well, that Mersault felt he had at last attained what he was seeking, that the peace which filled him now was born of that patient self-abandonment he had pursued and achieved with the help of this warm world so willing to deny him without anger." Severely ill, he dies a happy death: "And stone among the stones, he returned in the joy of his heart to the truth of the motionless worlds." External links Review by Anatole Broyard, The New York Times'', 13 June 1972 Notes on A Happy Death by Bob Corbett A Happy Death, translated by Richard Howard From In Review by David Latham 1971 French novels Novels by Albert Camus Absurdist fiction Éditions Gallimard books 1971 debut novels