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One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide, the age old question- "to be or not to be" in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus brilliantly posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal e...

One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide, the age old question- "to be or not to be" in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus brilliantly posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal e...

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Camus narrates the story of Jacques Cormery, a young man who had a life that was very similar to his own. Camus conjures up the sights, sounds, and textures of a boyhood marred by poverty and the death of a father, but redeemed by Algeria's austere beauty and the boy's bond with his practically deaf-mute mother. The First Man is the stunning culmination of one of the twentieth century's greatest novelists' life and work, published 35 years aft...

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«Wenn die Zuhälter und Diebe immer und überall verurteilt würden, hielten sich ja alle rechtschaffenen Leute ständig für unschuldig! Und meiner Meinung nach muss gerade das verhindert werden.» In einer atemberaubenden Beichte bekennt im Amsterdamer Hafenviertel Jean-Baptiste Clamence, ehemals angesehener Anwalt, der sich stets für einen Wohltäter der Menschen gehalten hat, Selbstgefälligkeit und Opportunismus als Triebfedern seines einstigen ...

“We can finally read the work as Camus meant it to be read. Laura Marris’s new translation of The Plague is, quite simply, the translation we need to have.” —Los Angeles Review of BooksThe first new translation of The Plague to be published in the United States in more than seventy years, bringing the Nobel Prize winner's iconic novel to a new generation of readers. • "A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of ...

The French writer Albert Camus is best known for his novels and philosophical works, which are among the most influential of the twentieth century. But his journals, which he kept from 1935 to 1959, offer an intimate glimpse into his thinking at its most personal. Beautifully retranslated by Ryan Bloom and supplemented by an introduction by Alice Kaplan, Travels in the Americas presents the journals that Camus wrote during his eventful visits ...

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-SmithCelebrating 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 d...

Iki cocuklu, varlikli bir cift olan Temple ve Gowanin hayati bir anda derinden sarsilir. Cocuklarindan biri, Templein dadi olarak ise aldigi eski bir fahise ve uyusturucu bagimlisi bir kadin tarafindan besiginde bogulur. Mahkemenin sonucu bellidir Siyah dadi idama mahkm edilir fakat hukuk sisteminin ikiyüzlülügünü, tarafsizliktan uzak olusunu irdeleyen avukati, bu olayin ardindakileri eselemeye, hakikati gün isigina cikarmaya kararlidir.Albert...

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