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The Plague, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays  
Author: Albert Camus
ISBN: 1400042550
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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A haunting tale of human resilience in the face of unrelieved horror, Camus' novel about a bubonic plague ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature.


From the Trade Paperback edition.




The Plague, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The Plague - written in 1947 and still relevant - is a 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 characters - from a renegade missionary to an adulterous wife - at decisive moments of revelation. Set beside their fictional counterparts, Camus's famous essays "The Myth of Sisyphus" and "Reflections of the Guillotine" are all the more powerful and philosophically daring, confirming his towering place in twentieth-century thought.

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Library Journal

Two more standard issues from the "Everyman's Library." Though the material is readily available, these compilations offer quality hardcovers at a bargain price. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

     



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