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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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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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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…
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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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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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…
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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…
Presents a book translated by Stuart Gilbert.
Robert D. 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)…
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…
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…
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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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…
A dispassionate and emotionally detached man confronts the absurdity of life and the inevitability of death. This is a new English translation of a classic of French existentialism.
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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…
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 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.
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.
Camus attracted the interest of scholars from many disciplines- specialists in literature, theater, philosophy, theology, political science, history, psychology, medicine, and law. This volume offers original contributions, while also reprinting…
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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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…
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…
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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
John Cruickshank
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…
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…
Robert Zaretsky
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…
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 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…
CAMUS
The author’s personal beliefs and his reactions to the major issues of his lifetime are reflected in these selected writings.
Albert Camus en su novela La peste (1947) supone un cierto cambio en su pensamiento: la idea de la solidaridad y la capacidad de resistencia humana frente a la tragedia…
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…
Venez decouvrir le roman de Albert Camus grace a une analyse litteraire de reference ! Ecrite par un specialiste universitaire, cette fiche de lecture est recommandee par de nombreux enseignants…
La collection Connaitre une oeuvre vous offre la possibilite de tout savoir de La Peste de Camus grace a une fiche de lecture aussi complete que detaillee. La redaction, claire…
