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
The Fall: a novel
โ Scribed by Albert Camus
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Year
- 2010;1970
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 70 KB
- Edition
- Reprinted
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780394702230
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Jean-Baptiste Clamence, a successful Parisian barrister, has come to recognize the deep-seated hypocrisy of his existence. His epigrammatic and, above all, discomforting monologue gradually saps, then undermines, the reader's own complacency.
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