Algerian Chronicles (Camus Albert)(Paperback)

Algerian Chronicles (Camus Albert)(Paperback)

More than fifty years after Algerian independence, Albert Camus' Algerian Chronicles appears here in English for the first time. Published in France in 1958, the same year the Algerian War brought about the collapse of the Fourth French Republic, it is one of Camus' most political works--an

Happy Death (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

Is it possible to die a happy death? This title tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society's rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, then experimenting with different ways of life and finally dying a happy

Plague (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

Reflections on the Guillotine (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

Written when execution by guillotine was still legal in France, Albert Camus' devastating attack on the 'obscene exhibition' of capital punishment remains one of the most powerful, persuasive arguments ever made against the death penalty.One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great

Outsider (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

Fall (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

Personal Writings (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

Committed Writings (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

Exil Et Le Royaume (Camus Albert)(Paperback)

Myth of Sisyphus (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

Albert Camus: A Very Short Introduction (Gloag Oliver)(Paperback)

Few would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a major cultural icon. His widely quoted works have led to countless movie adaptions, graphic novels, pop songs, and even t-shirts. In this Very Short Introduction, Oliver Gloag chronicles the

El Mito de Sisifo (Spansih Edition) (Camus Albert)(Paperback)

El mito de Sisifo es un ensayo filosofico de Albert Camus, originalmente publicado en frances en 1942 como Le Mythe de Sisyphe. El ensayo se abre con la siguiente cita de Pindaro: No te afanes, alma mia, por una vida inmortal, pero agota el ambito de lo posible. El titulo del ensayo proviene de un

L'etranger (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

Quand la sonnerie a encore retenti, que la porte du box s'est ouverte, c'est le silence de la salle qui est monté vers moi, le silence, et cette singuliere sensation que j'ai eue lorsque j'ai constaté que le jeune journaliste avait détourné les yeux. Je n'ai pas regardé du côté de Marie. Je

Cizinec - Albert Camus

Jeden z nejproslulejších románů 20. století, jímž se Albert Camus stal duchovním otcem celé jedné poválečné generace, byl bezprostředně po svém vydání v r. 1942 označen vichystickou kritikou jako 'ochablost ducha' a 'degenerace lidství'. Ve skutečnosti je příběh Meursaulta,

Outsider (Camus Albert)(Pevná vazba)

Albert Camus' laconic masterpiece about a Frenchman who murders an Arab in colonial Algeria is famous in its time for diagnosing a state of alienation and spiritual exhaustion which summed up the mood of the mid-twentieth

The Outsider - Albert Camus

In The Outsider, 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

The Fall - Albert Camus

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithCelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime

Plague (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

'On the morning of April 16, Dr Rieux emerged from his consulting-room and came across a dead rat in the middle of the landing.' It starts with the rats. Vomiting blood, they die in their hundreds, then in their thousands. When the rats are all gone, the citizens begin to fall sick. Like the rats,

Pád - Albert Camus

Pád je posledním dokončeným románem Alberta Camuse, zejména však jeho románem 'možná nejkrásnějším a nejméně pochopeným' (Jean-Paul Sartre). V Amsterdamu, městě zahaleném v mlze, se Jean-Baptiste Clamence setkává v malém baru s nejmenovaným cizincem a v umanutém monologu mu

Albert Camus: Elements of a Life (Zaretsky Robert D.)(Paperback)

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) relationships, and I carried him into (and out of) difficult periods of my life. More recently, I have carried him into university

Fall (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

A philosophical novel described by fellow existentialist Sartre as 'perhaps the most beautiful and the least understood' of his novels, Albert Camus' The Fall is translated by Robin Buss in Penguin Modern Classics.Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil. Over several drunken nights in an

První člověk - Albert Camus

Hlas Alberta Camuse zní ze všech jeho románů nejosobněji právě v této knize. Autor putuje ke kořenům, hledá sám sebe, odkrývá myšlenková východiska svých knih. Podněcuje čtenáře, aby důsledně promysleli jejich poselství. Opravdu jsou Camusovi vlastní všechny pojmy

House of Broken Angels (Urrea Luis Alberto)(Paperback / softback)

In this 'raucous, moving, and necessary' (San Francisco Chronicle) story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist, the de La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet

Neither Victims Nor Executioners: An Ethic Superior to Murder (Camus Albert)(Paperback)

The reissue of Camus' seminal essay, 'Neither Victims nor Executioners, ' could hardly be more timely. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the hideous march to oblivion goes on apace. America is ironically reversing the ethic proposed by Camus' title. American adventuring, playing the part of omnipotent