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Hierdie klassieke roman van die befaamde Franse skrywer Albert
Camus handel oor die lotgevalle van n klompie mense wat in die
Algerynse stad Oran vasgekeer word wanneer builepes daar uitbreek.
Die hoofkarakter, dr. Bernard Rieux, word die eerste keer bewus van
iets buitengewoons wanneer groot klompe rotte vrek in die
woonstelgebou waar hy bly. Gaandeweg word hy al meer by die
behandeling van die siekes betrek en word hy toeskouer van hoe
verskillende mense reageer wanneer toestande al hagliker en
benouender word. Sy band met ander mense, soos die toeris Tarrou,
die joernalis Rambert en die staatsamptenaar Grand word deur hulle
betrokkenheid by die verloop van die pes versterk, terwyl hulle na
die sluiting van die stadspoorte al hoe meer bewus word van hulle
afsondering en die afwesigheid van geliefdes. Camus se roman is al
gelees as allegorie van die besetting van Frankryk gedurende die
Tweede Wereldoorlog en die pes kan beskou word as enige bedreiging
vir menslike vryheid. Die bedreiging van 'n epidemie soos vigs
verleen aan hierdie roman besondere relevansie vir Suid-Afrikaanse
lesers.
The exquisite manga adaptation of one of the world’s greatest 20th
century fiction classics
'My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.'
A stranger to society, a stranger to his own life, Meursault seems
indifferent to everything. In The Outsider, Camus explores the
alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms.
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.
A first in Penguin Modern Classics, Camus’ classic existentialist novel
is told through Ryota Kurumado’s powerful artwork. Unlike previous
editions of Camus’ novel, Meursault and other characters’ emotions are
drawn out through stunning illustrations and seen for the first time. A
rare and challenging feat, Kurumado’s manga adaptation makes a novel
first published in 1942 feel contemporary.
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The Fall (Hardcover)
Albert Camus; Translated by Robin Buss
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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-Smith
Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take
us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England
to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on
the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and
printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile
cloth and stamped with foil. Jean-Baptiste Clamence - refined,
handsome, forty, a former successful lawyer - is in turmoil. Over
several drunken nights he regales a chance acquaintance with his
story. He talks of parties and his debauchery, of Parisian nights
and the Aegean sea, and, ultimately, of his self-loathing. One of
Albert Camus' most famous works, The Fall is a brilliant, complex
portrayal of lost innocence and the true face of man.
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The Outsider (Paperback, Ed)
Albert Camus; Translated by Sandra Smith
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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'Etranger. 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.
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have
transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have
inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have
enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched
lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the
great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas
shook civilization and helped make us who we are.;Inspired by the
myth of a man condemned to ceaselessly push a rock up a mountain
and watch it roll back to the valley below, The Myth of Sisyphus
transformed twentieth-century philosophy with its impassioned
argument for the value of life in a world without religious
meaning.
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The Plague (Paperback, New Ed)
Albert Camus; Edited by Tony Judt; Translated by Robin Buss
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The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine, each responding in their own way to the lethal bacillus: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame and a few, like Dr Rieux, resist the terror. An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, Camus’s novel is in part an allegory for France’s suffering under Nazi occupation, and also a story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence. ‘An impressive new translation … of this matchless fable of fear, courage and cowardice’ Independent Translated by Robin Buss with an Introduction by Tony Judt
Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward.
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The Fall (Paperback)
Albert Camus; Translated by Robin Buss
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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 Amsterdam bar, he
regales a chance acquaintance with his story. From this successful
former lawyer and seemingly model citizen a compelling,
self-loathing catalogue of guilt, hypocrisy and alienation pours
forth. The Fall (1956) is a brilliant portrayal of a man who has
glimpsed the hollowness of his existence. But beyond depicting one
man's disillusionment, Camus's novel exposes the universal human
condition and its absurdities - for our innocence that, once lost,
can never be recaptured ... Albert Camus (1913-60) is the author of
a number of best-selling and highly influential works, all of which
are published by Penguin. They include The Fall, The Outsider and
The First Man. Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957,
Camus is remembered as one of the few writers to have shaped the
intellectual climate of post-war France, but beyond that, his fame
has been international. If you enjoyed The Fall, you might like
Jean-Paul Sartre's Nausea, also available in Penguin Modern
Classics. 'An irresistibly brilliant examination of modern
conscience' The New York Times 'Camus is the accused, his own
prosecutor and advocate. The Fall might have been called "The Last
Judgement" ' Olivier Todd
The Myth of Sisyphus is one of the most profound philosophical statements written this century. It is a discussion of the central idea of Absurdity that Camus was to develop in his novel The Outsider. Here Camus poses the fundamental question: Is life worth living? If existence has ceased to retain significance when confronted with the fragmented reality of the human condition, what then can keep us from suicide? Camus movingly argues for an acceptance of reality that encompasses revolt, passion and, above all, liberty. This volume contains several other essays, including lyrical evocations of the sunlit cities of Algiers and Oran.
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L'Etranger (Hardcover)
Albert Camus; Edited by Ray Davison
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L'Etranger has the force and fascination of myth. The outwardly
simple narrative of an office clerk who kills an Arab, 'a cause du
soleil', and finds himself condemned to death for moral
insensibility becomes, in Camus's hands, a powerful image of modern
man's impatience before Christian philosophy and conventional
social and sexual values. For this new edition Ray Davison makes
use of recent critical analysis of L'Etranger to give a full and
concise description of Camus's early philosophy of the Absurd and
the ideas and preoccupations from which the novel emerges. Davison
also discusses the developing pattern of Camus's notion of the art
of the novel, his views on 'classicism', simplicity and ambiguity,
his fondness for paradox, and his love of everyday situations which
yield to mythical interpretation.
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The Plague (Hardcover)
Albert Camus; Translated by Laura Marris
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L'Etranger has the force and fascination of myth. The outwardly
simple narrative of an office clerk who kills an Arab, 'a cause du
soleil', and finds himself condemned to death for moral
insensibility becomes, in Camus's hands, a powerful image of modern
man's impatience before Christian philosophy and conventional
social and sexual values. For this new edition Ray Davison makes
use of recent critical analysis of L'Etranger to give a full and
concise description of Camus's early philosophy of the Absurd and
the ideas and preoccupations from which the novel emerges. Davison
also discusses the developing pattern of Camus's notion of the art
of the novel, his views on 'classicism', simplicity and ambiguity,
his fondness for paradox, and his love of everyday situations which
yield to mythical interpretation.
Introduction by Peter Dunwoody; Translation by Matthew Ward
'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an
abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved,
then there is no other solution but to speak out' 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 Ideas series. This new selection
showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our
world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets,
satirists to Zen Buddhists.
'To create today is to create dangerously' Camus argues
passionately that the artist has a responsibility to challenge,
provoke and speak up for those who cannot in this powerful speech,
accompanied here by two others. Penguin Modern: fifty new books
celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern
Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its
contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from
Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and
George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring;
poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking
us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground
scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.
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The Outsider (Paperback)
Albert Camus; Translated by Sandra Smith
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'One of those books that marks a reader's life indelibly' William
Boyd 'A compelling, dreamlike fable' Guardian In The Outsider,
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.
In his first novel, A Happy Death, written when he was in his early twenties and retrieved from his private papers following his death in I960, Albert Camus laid the foundation for The Stranger, focusing in both works on an Algerian clerk who kills a man in cold blood. But he also revealed himself to an extent that he never would in his later fiction. For if A Happy Death is the study of a rule-bound being shattering the fetters of his existence, it is also a remarkably candid portrait of its author as a young man.
As the novel follows the protagonist, Patrice Mersault, to his victim's house -- and then, fleeing, in a journey that takes him through stages of exile, hedonism, privation, and death -it gives us a glimpse into the imagination of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. For here is the young Camus himself, in love with the sea and sun, enraptured by women yet disdainful of romantic love, and already formulating the philosophy of action and moral responsibility that would make him central to the thought of our time.
Translated from the French by Richard Howard
The day his mother dies, Meursault notices that it is very hot on
the bus that is taking him from Algiers to the retirement home
where his mother lived; so hot that he falls asleep. Later, while
waiting for the wake to begin, the harsh electric lights in the
room make him extremely uncomfortable, so he gratefully accepts the
coffee the caretaker offers him and smokes a cigarette. The same
burning sun that so oppresses him during the funeral walk will once
again blind the calm, reserved Meursault as he walks along a
deserted beach a few days later-leading him to commit an
irreparable act. This new illustrated edition of Camus's classic
novel The Stranger portrays an enigmatic man who commits a
senseless crime and then calmly, and apparently indifferently, sits
through his trial and hears himself condemned to death.
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Personal Writings (Paperback)
Albert Camus; Translated by Justin O'Brien
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'It was the discovery of the essays celebrating his childhood and
youth that altered my perception of Camus, from a thinker to a
writer whose intellectual lucidity was a product of the wealth -
the sensual immediacy and clarity - that had been heaped on his
senses' Geoff Dyer Albert Camus was born in a 'world of poverty and
sunshine' in Algeria, which would infuse all of his work. This new
collection brings together three volumes of Camus' most intimate
autobiographical writings for the first time. The Wrong Side and
the Right Side, his first book, describes his family and his early
years in a working-class neighbourhood. Nuptials rejoices in the
sensuality of sun, landscape and sea, while Summer ranges over the
cities of Algiers and Oran, nature and identity. Lyrical and
emotional, these pieces enrich our understanding of Camus and his
love of life.
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