The Plague, The Fall, Exile and The Kingdom and Selected Essays (Everyman's Library Classics, #278)
of Albert Camus (Translator), Stuart Gilbert (Translator), Justin O'Brien (Translator), David Bellos (Introduction)
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(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)From one of the most brilliant and influential thinkers of the twentieth centuryâtwo novels, six short stories, and a pair of essays in a single volume. In both his essays and his fiction, Albert Camus (1913â1960) de-ployed his lyric eloquence in defense against despair, providing an affirmation of the brave assertion of humanity in the face of a universe devoid of order or meaning.The Plagueâwritten in 1947 and still profoundly relevantâis a riveting tale of horror, survival, and resilience in the face of a devastating epidemic. The Fall (1956), which takes the form of an astonishing confession by a French lawyer in a seedy Amsterdam bar, is a haunting parable of modern conscience in the face of evil. The six stories of Exile and the Kingdom (1957) represent Camus at the height of his narrative powers, masterfully depicting his charactersâfrom a renegade missionary to an adulterous wife âat decisive moments of revelation. Set beside their fictional counterparts, Camusâs famous essays âThe Myth of Sisyphusâ and âReflections on the Guillotineâ are all the more powerful and philosophically daring, confirming his towering place in twentieth-century thought.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 704 pages
- Publisher Everyman's Library
- Publication Date August 5th 2004
- First Publication 11/06/59
- Language English
- ISBN 9781857152784
- Edition New Edition
- Category Religion & Spirituality
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