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The Nobel Prize winner's most influential and enduring lectures and speeches, newly translated by Quintin Hoare, in what is the first English language publication of this collection. Albert Camus (1913-1960) is unsurpassed among writers for a body of work that animates the wonder and absurdity of existence. Speaking Out: Lectures and Speeches, 1938-1958 brings together, for the first time, thirty-four public statements from across Camus's care...

Its relevance lashes you across the face." -Stephen Metcalf, The Los Angeles Times • "A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despair." -Roger Lowenstein, The Washington Post A haunting tale of human resilience and hope in the face of unrelieved horror, Albert Camus' iconic novel about an epidemic ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature. The townspeople...

Der französische Schriftsteller und Literaturnobelpreisträger Albert Camus hat seinen ersten Roman »Der glückliche Tod« sein Leben lang geheim gehalten. Im Herbst 1938 soll er mit 25 Jahren das Manuskript in einen Koffer eingeschlossen haben. Vollendet hat er es nie. Der Held dieses posthum veröffentlichten Romans ist der Büroangestellte Mersault, der durch einen Mord an so viel Geld kommt, dass er die Zeit nach seinen persönlichen Vorlieben g...

Truth is mysterious, fleeting, always to be won. Freedom is dangerous, as hard to live as it is exalting'This definitive new collection of Albert Camus' public speeches and lectures gives an unparalleled insight into the thought of one of the twentieth century's most enduring writers. From his pre-war speech on the politics and culture of the Mediterranean - delivered when he was just 22 - to his impassioned Nobel Prize acceptance speeches, Sp...

Dieser Band vereint 34 Reden und Vorträge aus den Jahren 1936 bis 1958. Albert Camus attestiert seiner Zeit eine «Krise des Menschen» und will dazu beitragen, all denen, die politisch und historisch zum Verstummen gebracht wurden, ihre Stimme und ihre Würde zurückzugeben. Für Camus besteht die Berufung des Menschen darin, dem Unglück der Welt entgegenzutreten, um Leid zu verringern. Und auch der Schriftsteller kann sich dieser Berufung nicht e...

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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 wa...

Im Frühjahr 1944 lernen sie sich im besetzten Paris kennen: der Schriftsteller Albert Camus und die Schauspielerin Maria Casarès. Wenig später beginnt eine leidenschaftliche Liebesgeschichte, die anderthalb Jahrzehnte währt - bis zu Camus' tragischem Unfalltod am 4. Januar 1960. Welche Intensität diese Liebe hatte, welche Höhen und Tiefen sie durchlebte, das dokumentiert ausführlich und eindrucksvoll der Briefwechsel der beiden. "Schreib ohne ...

Written when Camus was at the height of his powers as the youngest French writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Die Stadt Oran wird von rätselhaften Ereignissen heimgesucht. Die Ratten kommen aus den Kanälen und verenden auf den Straßen. Kurze Zeit später sterben die ersten Menschen an einem heimtückischen Fieber, und bald ist es nicht mehr zu leugnen: Die Pest wütet in der Stadt. Oran wird hermetisch abgeriegelt. Ein Entkommen ist nicht möglich. «Sie gingen weiter ihren Geschäften nach, bereiteten Reisen vor, bildeten sich Meinungen. Wie hätten sie ei...

Albert Camusnün 1913-1960 en taninmis, en cok yabanci dile cevrilmis, en cok incelenmis ve hala en cok satan kitaplar arasinda yer alan Yabanci, ayni zamanda yazarin en gizemli yapiti. Ölümün egemen oldugu bir varlikin en anlamsiz olgularini sacma bir düzensizlik icinde yasayan bu romanin baskisisi Meursault, bir simge kahraman degildir, adi olmayan bir Yabancidir, bu eksik kimlik, gerceklikten algiladigi seyi yapilandiramayan, yeniden örgütle...

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Albert Camus (ur. 7 listopada 1913 w Mondovi, zm. 4 stycznia 1960 w Villeblevin) - francuski pisarz, dramaturg, eseista i rezyser teatralny. Urodzony w Algierii francuskiej, tworzyl swoje dziela glownie we Francji. Jest czolowym reprezentantem egzystencjalizmu w literaturze i uwaza sie go za jednego z najwybitniejszych intelektualistow Europy w II polowie XX wieku. Byl laureatem Nagrody Nobla w dziedzinie literatury w 1957.

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 ...

An irresistibly brilliant examination of modern conscience' The New York Times 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 hollo...

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 person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: 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, The Plague is in part an allegory of France...

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.

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...

To create today means to create dangerously'This new collection contains some of Camus' most brilliant political writing as he reflects on moral responsibility and the role of the artist in the world. Letters to a German Friend, written and published underground during the Nazi occupation of France, was born out of Camus' experience in the Resistance and explores what it truly means to love your country. Reflections on the Guillotine, his impa...

Meursault topluma, kurallarina ve beklentilerine yabancidir. Annesi öldükten sonra, cevresindekileri memnun etmek icin duygularini göstermeyi reddetmistir. Cezayirde isledigi nedensiz sucun sonrasinda en ufak bir pismanlik duymamasiyla herkesi öfkelendirir. Meursault cok gecmeden isledigi bir suctan cok, gercek duygularini dile getirdigi ve toplumun istedigi kaliba girmeyi reddettigi icin dislandigini anlayacaktir.Albert Camusyü yalniz Fransad...