Introduction: The Pull of France -- Ch. 1. Becoming Meursault -- Ch. 2. Camus as Hamlet -- Ch. 3. The Roles of Albert Camus -- Ch. 4. Death of a Nobel Laureate -- Ch. 5. Taking Risks -- Ch. 6. The Destinies of Max Jacob -- Ch. 7. Holocaust as Last Judgment -- Ch. 8. Setting Things Right: Jacob as Postmodernist -- Ch. 9. Eros and Devotion -- Ch. 10. My Sister Simone -- Ch. 11. Living in a Jewish Body -- Ch. 12. Messages -- Ch. 13. Transgressive Acts -- Conclusion: The Ghosts of Paris