Aden, Arabie is an important work of fiction that has been almost lost to the world because the author Paul Nizan broke with the Communist Party of France and he was consequently subjected to literary banishment. The book is a travelogue of sorts and is an intellectual treat as well that merges the exitentialist style of Camus with the wanderlust of Kerouac. The ending of his effort to discover himself by going to Aden find him returning to France where he is confronted with the sight of Notre D...