The Outsider - Albert Camus

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

Outsider (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

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

Exile and the Kingdom - Stories (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

Explores the dilemma of being an outsider - even in one's own country - and of allegiance. This book evokes beautiful but harsh landscapes, whether the shimmering deserts of author's native Algeria or the wild, mysterious jungles of

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)

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

Outsider (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

Meursault is different. He will not lie. He will not pretend. He is true to himself. So when his mother dies and he is unmoved, he refuses to do the proper thing and grieve. Returning to Algiers after the funeral, he carries on life as usual until he becomes involved in a violent

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,

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

Plague, Fall, Exile And The Kingdom And Selected Essays (Camus Albert)(Pevná vazba)

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

Fall (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

The Fall - Albert Camus

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The Stranger (Camus Albert)(Paperback)

With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, The Stranger--Camus's masterpiece--gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. With an Introduction by Peter Dunwoodie; translated by Matthew Ward. Behind the subterfuge, Camus explores what he

Personal Writings (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

Committed Writings (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

The Myth of Sisyphus (Camus Albert)(Paperback)

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER - An internationally acclaimed author delivers one of the most influential works of the twentieth century, showing a way out of despair and reaffirming the value of existence.Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on

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,

Exil Et Le Royaume (Camus Albert)(Paperback)

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

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

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