The Fall (Methuen's Twentieth Century French Texts)

by Albert Camus and Justin O'Brien

Robin Buss (Translator)

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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,...

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  • ISBN10 0141187948
  • ISBN13 9780141187945
  • Publish Date 6 July 2006 (first published 1 January 1957)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 5 December 2024
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
  • Imprint Penguin Classics
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 96
  • Language English