The stories of Exile and the Kingdom explore the dilemma of being
an outsider - even in one's own country - and of allegiance. With
intense power and lyricism, Camus evokes beautiful but harsh
landscapes, whether the shimmering deserts of his native Algeria or
the wild, mysterious jungles of Brazil. Here a Frenchwoman is
gradually seduced by the sheer difference of North Africa, a
mutilated renegade is driven mad by the cruelty of his own people,
and a barrel-maker watches the slow decline of his craft. A kindly
teacher must choose between the law and a life, while a modest
painter is out of his depth in the hypocrisy of the art world, and
a French engineer discovers a new sense of belonging in a distant
land. French novelist, essayist, and playwright. Albert Camus
(1913-1960) was a representative of non-metropolitan French
literature. His origin in Algeria and his experiences there in the
thirties were dominating influences in his thought and work. Carol
Cosman is the translator of many works from French, both literary
and scholarly. Among the books she has translated are Jean-Paul
Sartre's "The Family Idiot: Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1857," Honore de
Balzac's "Colonel Chabert," Simone de Beauvoir's "America Day by
Day," and most recently Rene Daumal's "Mount Analogue".
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