Albert Camus

The Nobel Prize winner's most influential and enduring political writings, newly curated and introduced by acclaimed Camus scholar Alice Kaplan. Albert Camus (1913-1960) is unsurpassed among writers for a body of work that animates the wonder and absurdity of existence. Committed Writings brings together, for the first time, thematically-linked essays from across Camus's writing career that reflect the scope of his political thought. This pivotal collection embodies Camus's radical and unwavering commitment to upholding human rights, resisting fascism, and creating art in the service of justice.

La Chute est un court roman d'Albert Camus publié à Paris chez Gallimard en 1956, découpé en six parties non numérotées. Camus y écrit la confession d'un homme à un autre, rencontré dans un bar d'Amsterdam. Le roman devait primitivement être intégré au recueil L'Exil et le Royaume qui sera publié en 1957 et qui constitue la dernière oeuvre « littéraire » publiée par Camus. La particularité de ce roman tient au fait que l'homme qui se confesse est le seul à parler, durant tout l'ouvrage. Le choix de cette focalisation, qu'on trouvait déjà, 14 ans plus tôt, dans L'Étranger, implique que le lecteur ne dispose d'aucune information extérieure dispensée par un narrateur omniscient. Il se trouve ainsi enfermé dans un point de vue unique, ce qui, dans le cas de ce roman, contribue à établir la situation de « malconfort » par laquelle le héros-auteur se définit lui-même. L'ambiance très sombre et déshumanisée qui nimbe cette confession contribue également à la singularité de ce récit.

Des phénomènes inquiétants agitent Oran: des rats meurent en grand nombre, puis des hommes sont victimes d'une maladie qui semble être la peste. La ville se trouve bientôt isolée du reste du monde. Face à cet enfermement, face à la menace diffuse de la mort, l'écrivain décrit les réactions de chacun, réactions d'une très grande diversité allant du dévouement au repliement sur soi.<br :>De nombreuses hypothèses ont été avancées pour donner une interprétation à ce roman, une signification à cette peste. Mais nul doute que les lecteurs de 1947 y ont retrouvé des souvenirs peu agréables et tout récents: Les camps de quarantaine, où les familles sont séparées, font penser aux camps de concentration. Les morts finissent dans des fours. Il y a des filières d'évasion comme pour le passage d'une ligne de démarcation. Le ravitaillement est insuffisant et le marché noir florissant.

La historia comienza en una ciudad llamada Orán, la cual era de aspecto tranquilo -quizás demasiado- y poseía un airefrenético? y monótono a la vez. Sus habitantes debido a esta monotonía formada por hábitos como el de vivir por vivir y donde las cosas eran y seguirían siendo y esto no era algo a lo cual renegar, todo era normal y así mismo, aceptado por la gente como una realidad en la cual estaban sumidos. Sin embargo, llega un momento en que sus habitantes se ven enfrentados a eventos, que poco a poco hacen colapsar esa monótona tranquilidad en la que vivían. La peste se abalanza contra Orán, en un principiotranquilamente?, los ciudadanos la pasan desapercibida, no le dan importancia, sus vidas siguen en el mismo círculo de hábitos de siempre y aparentemente no se ven afectadas para nada. Pero la peste es insaciable, con el paso de los meses ésta cobra fuerza y se abalanza con toda su furia sobre Orán dejando centenares de personas muertas.

The Nobel Prize winner's most influential and enduring personal writings, newly curated and introduced by acclaimed Camus scholar Alice Kaplan. Albert Camus (1913-1960) is unsurpassed among writers for a body of work that animates the wonder and absurdity of existence. Personal Writings brings together, for the first time, thematically-linked essays from across Camus's writing career that reflect the scope and depth of his interior life. Grappling with an indifferent mother and an impoverished childhood in Algeria, an ever-present sense of exile, and an ongoing search for equilibrium, Camus's personal essays shed new light on the emotional and experiential foundations of his philosophical thought and humanize his most celebrated works.

The Nobel Prize winner's most influential and enduring lectures and speeches, newly translated by Quintin Hoare, in what is the first English language publication of this collection. Albert Camus (1913-1960) is unsurpassed among writers for a body of work that animates the wonder and absurdity of existence. Speaking Out: Lectures and Speeches, 1938-1958 brings together, for the first time, thirty-four public statements from across Camus's career that reveal his radical commitment to justice around the world and his role as a public intellectual. From his 1946 lecture at Columbia University about humanity's moral decline, his 1951 BBC broadcast commenting on Britain's general election, and his strident appeal during the Algerian conflict for a civilian truce between Algeria and France, to his speeches on Dostoevsky and Don Quixote, this crucial new collection reflects the scope of Camus's political and cultural influence.

One of the most influential works of this century, <i>The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays</i> is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as <i>Don Juan</i> and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide; the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus brilliantly posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal existence, and the possibility of life lived with dignity and authenticity.

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'My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.' In The Outsider (1942), his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. 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 of violence on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law. Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal. Albert Camus' portrayal of a man confronting the absurd, and revolting against the injustice of society, depicts the paradox of man's joy in life when faced with the 'tender indifference' of the world. Sandra Smith's translation, based on close listening to a recording of Camus reading his work aloud on French radio in 1954, sensitively renders the subtleties and dream-like atmosphere of L'Étranger. Albert Camus (1913-1960), French novelist, essayist and playwright, is one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. His most famous works include The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), The Plague (1947), The Just (1949), The Rebel (1951) and The Fall (1956). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957, and his last novel, The First Man, unfinished at the time of his death, appeared in print for the first time in 1994, and was published in English soon after by Hamish Hamilton. Sandra Smith was born and raised in New York City and is a Fellow of Robinson College, University of Cambridge, where she teaches French Literature and Language. She has won the French American Foundation Florence Gould Foundation Translation Prize, as well as the PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize. **

Part of the Penguin Classics campaign celebrating 100 years of Albert Camus, 'A Sea Close By' reveals the writer as a sensual witness of landscapes, the sea and sailing. It is a light, summery day-dream. Accompanying 'The Sea Close By' is the essay 'Summer in Algiers', a lovesong to his Mediterranean childhood.

SUMMARY: Since it was first published in English, in 1946, Albert Camus's first novel, The Stranger (L'etranger), has had a profound impact on millions of American readers. Through this story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a senseless murder on a sun-drenched Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." Now, in an illuminating new American translation, extraordinary for its exactitude and clarity, the original intent of The Stranger is made more immediate. This haunting novel has been given a new life for generations to come. SUMMARY: Since it was first published in English, in 1946, Albert Camus's first novel, The Stranger (L'etranger), has had a profound impact on millions of American readers. Through this story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a senseless murder on a sun-drenched Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." Now, in an illuminating new American translation, extraordinary for its exactitude and clarity, the original intent of The Stranger is made more immediate. This haunting novel has been given a new life for generations to come.