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Albert Camus
Originally published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 1955 –Title page verso.
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Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed the nakedness of man faced with the absurd…
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Is life worth living? If human existence holds no significance, what can keep us from suicide? In this book, the author argues if there is no God to give meaning…
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Offers a portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence. But beyond depicting one man’s disillusionment, this novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities…
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Presents a book translated by Stuart Gilbert.
Chaos prevails when the bubonic plague strikes the Algerian coastal city of Oran.
Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry
‘To create today is to create…
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An essay on the nature of human revolt, this book makes a critique of communism, how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, and the resulting totalitarian regimes. It…
‘When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to…
A collection that includes three of Camus’s most personal and lyrical books- The Right Side and the Wrong Side, Nuptials and Summer
This volume contains some of Camus’ most intimate…
The ‘first man’ is Jacques Cormery, whose poverty-stricken childhood in Algiers is made bearable by his love for his silent and illiterate mother, and by the teacher who transforms his…
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Hichem Karoui
A comprehensive exploration of the life and impact of Albert Camus. The book offers a nuanced portrait of the renowned philosopher and Nobel Prize-winning author, unravelling the myth surrounding his…
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Raymond D. Boisvert
The standard interpretation keeps repeating that Camus is the prototypical "absurdist" thinker. Such a reading freezes Camus at the stage at which he wrote The Stranger and The Myth of…
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J D Ponce
This exciting essay focuses on the explanation and analysis of Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus, one the most influential works in history and whose understanding, due to its complexity…
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The author’s personal beliefs and his reactions to the major issues of his lifetime are reflected in these selected writings.
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"The Plague" by Albert Camus is a Camusian existentialist novel set in Algeria. It explores the absurdity of life through an epidemic that forces characters into isolation and existential crisis…
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"The Myth of Sisyphus" by Albert Camus is a philosophical exploration of absurdism, existentialism, and the human condition within French literature. Through the lens of the ancient myth of Sisyphus…
"The Fall" by Albert Camus delves into existentialism through a journey of guilt, absurdity, and moral ambiguity within the framework of French literature. Set in Amsterdam, the novel follows the…
"The Stranger" by Albert Camus delves into the existentialist and absurdist themes prevalent in French literature, set against the backdrop of colonial Algeria. Through the protagonist, Meursault, Camus explores the…
A collection that includes some of Camus’ most brilliant political writing
This volume contains some of Camus’ most powerful political writing as he reflects on moral responsibility and the role…
Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act…
Meursault is different. He will not lie. He will not pretend. He is true to himself. So when his mother dies and he is unmoved, he refuses to do the…
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A new collection of Albert Camus’ most brilliant speeches and lectures
‘Truth is mysterious, fleeting, always to be won. Freedom is dangerous, as hard to live as it is exalting’
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Meursault leads an unremarkable, bachelor life in Algiers. But his sudden involvement in a violent confrontation throws him into turmoil as he is forced to question the fundamental values of…
One of Albert Camus' most famous works, The Fall is a brilliant, complex portrayal of lost innocence and the true face of man.
The exquisite manga adaptation of one of the world's greatest 20th century fiction classics
'My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.'
A stranger to society, a stranger…
Written in the aftermath of the Second World War, Albert Camus's essay is a searching inquiry into the origins of the hubris and fanaticism that laid waste to twentieth-century Europe.
A C Morley
The philosophical and historical investigation of the life and thoughts of the significant 20th-century philosopher.This book provides profound insights into his moral convictions and intellectual path.
Oliver Gloag
Few would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a major cultural icon. His widely quoted works have led to countless movie adaptions, graphic novels, pop…
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Mr Edward J. Hughes
One of France’s most high-profile writers and a Nobel Prize-winner, Albert Camus experienced both public adulation and acrimonious rejection during his career, which was cut short by a fatal car…
Phillip H. Rhein
Series Editors: Bernth Lindfors, University of Texas at Austin; Robert Lecker, McGill University; David OConnell, Georgia State University; David William Foster, Arizona State University; Janet Perez, Texas Tech University
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The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are…
Olivier Todd
In this vibrant, engaging biography, Todd writes a luminously human portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning writer who stands among the most influential literary figures of our time. of photos.
Albert Camus, Sandra Smith (trans.)
Albert Camus’ existentialist masterpiece, now in a wonderful new Clothbound Classics edition
J. McBride
This book marks a major new reassessment of Camus’s writing investigating the nature and philosophical origins of Camus’s thinking on ‘authenticity’ and ‘the absurd’ as these notions are expressed in…
Raymond D. Boisvert (Siena College, USA)
The standard interpretation keeps repeating that Camus is the prototypical absurdist thinker. Such a reading freezes Camus at the stage at which he wrote The Stranger and The Myth of…
This book marks a major new reassessment of Camus’s writing investigating the nature and philosophical origins of Camus’s thinking on ‘authenticity’ and ‘the absurd’. It shows that these books are…
Robert Zaretsky
Like many others of my generation, I first read Camus in high school. I carried him in my backpack while traveling across Europe, I carried him into (and out of)…
Professor David Ohana
Camus preoccupation with violence was expressed in all facets of his work as a philosopher, as a political thinker, as an author, as a man of the theatre, as a…
Robert D. Zaretsky
John Cruickshank
Robert E. Meagher
A renowned scholar investigates the human crisis that Albert Camus confronted in his world and in ours, producing a brilliant study of Camus’s life and influence for those readers who…
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Camus narrates the story of Jacques Cormery, a young man who had a life that was very similar to his own. Camus conjures up the sights, sounds, and textures of…
La collection Connaitre une oeuvre vous offre la possibilite de tout savoir de L'Ete de Albert Camus grace a une fiche de lecture aussi complete que detaillee. La redaction, claire…