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Albert Camus
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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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…
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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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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…
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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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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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…
Presents a book translated by Stuart Gilbert.
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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Explores the dilemma of being an outsider - even in one’s own country - and of allegiance. This book evokes beautiful but harsh landscapes, whether the shimmering deserts of author’s…
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One of Albert Camus' most famous works, The Fall is a brilliant, complex portrayal of lost innocence and the true face of man.
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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.
Olivier Todd
Albert Camus is among the most significant French writers of the twentieth century. Opening with his impoverished childhood in Algiers, this biography presents the historical context, focusing on Camus’ later…
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Jean-Fran?ois Matt?i, Aseyn
Albert Camus is the subject of many misunderstandings. Jean-Fran?ois Matt?i proposes to dispel them by offering us an innovative reading of this philosopher's work. A clear, fascinating little book for…
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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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‘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…
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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Chaos prevails when the bubonic plague strikes the Algerian coastal city of Oran.
Jay Neugeboren
A troubled marriage-and love story-set against the background of the AIDS pandemic, and the American wars in Vietnam and Iraq lie at the heart of After Camus. Saul Davidoff and…
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…
Alain Louis Camus
The star map was done. When A?schah finally looked at her handy work, she realised that she had less than twenty years to accomplish her life's work. If the child…
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…
Jean-Pierre Camus
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
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Renaud Camus
In The Deep Murmur, Renaud Camus explores one source of our societies' heedless embrace of a post-European future: the prohibition on the word "race" and all that it has connoted…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Albert Camus, Sandra Smith (trans.)
Albert Camus’ existentialist masterpiece, now in a wonderful new Clothbound Classics edition
Alice Kaplan, Laura Marris
States of Plague examines Albert Camus's novel as a palimpsest of pandemic life, an uncannily relevant account of the psychology and politics of a public health crisis.
As one of…
A -G Camus,A -G Camus
Notice d'un livre imprime a Bamberg en 1462, lu a l'Institut national par Camus Date de l'edition originale: 1798
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Camus
Droit romain: de la Missio in possessionem rei servandae causa, et de la Venditio bonorum. Droit francais: des Effets du jugement declaratif de faillite et de la cessation de payements……
Jean-Paul Sartre
Iconic French novelist, playwright and essayist, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, whose work has remained relevant and thought-provoking…
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David Sherman
History (much like his contemporaries) has tended to judge Camus harshly–as mediocre philosopher, conflicted man of the left and, worst of all, apologist for French imperialism. Yet, as David Sherman…
Cyprien Camus
Reponse a M. P. T., docteur medecin, ou Considerations sur l'action therapeutique des principales eaux minerales des Pyrenees, par M. Cyprien Camus, … Date de l'edition originale: 1835 Appartient a…
Un Mot encore sur la question posee en 1855 par la Societe de medecine de Toulouse, relative aux eaux minerales sulfureuses, et sur quelques particularites qui s'y rattachent, par le…
Eugene Camus
WORK IS IN FRENCH This book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in…
Jean Camus,Jean Camus
Isolement et psychotherapie, traitement de l'hysterie et de la neurasthenie, pratique de la reeducation morale et physique, par les Drs Jean Camus et Philippe Pagniez, … Preface du professeur J…
Armand-Gaston Camus
Profession d'avocat. T. 2e Date de l'edition originale: 1830-1832
Le present ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la litterature Francaise mise en place avec la…
Histoire et procedes du polytypage et de la stereotypie, par A.-G. Camus Date de l'edition originale: 1801
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Edmond Gustave Camus,Eugene Camus
This book is the first English-language collection of essays by leading Camus scholars around the world to focus on Albert Camus’ place and status as a philosopher amongst philosophers, engaging…
