Exile and the Kingdom
Stories
$21.71
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
28 August 2006
Summary
The stories of Exile and the Kingdom explore the dilemma of being an outsider - even in one’s own country - and of allegiance. With intense power and lyricism, Camus evokes beautiful but harsh landscapes, whether the shimmering deserts of his native Algeria or the wild, mysterious jungles of Brazil.
Here a Frenchwoman is gradually seduced by the sheer difference of North Africa, a mutilated renegade is driven mad by the cruelty of his own people, and a barrel-maker watches th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141188256 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141188251 |
| Author: | Albert Camus, Carol Cosman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 28 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 103g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 7mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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“Thoroughly engrossing” –“The New York Times” ”[These stories] invite comparison with his best work” –“The Nation”” Thoroughly engrossing” – “The New York Times” ” [These stories] invite comparison with his best work” – “The Nation”
About The Author
Albert Camus
Albert Camus (1913-60) grew up in a working-class neighbourhood in Algiers. He studied philosophy at the University of Algiers, and became a journalist. His most important works include The Outsider, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Plague and The Fall. After the occupation of France by the Germans in 1941, Camus became one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement. He was killed in a road accident, and his last unfinished novel, The First Man, appeared posthumously.
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