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The Outsider
Albert Camus
- Penguin Classics
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Publisher | Penguin Classics |
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ISBN | 9780241458884 |
Publication date | July 2020 |
Edition | Paperback |
Dimensions | mm |
Pages | 96 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
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...