Albert camus the plague

Camus's The Plague

This collection of original essays on philosophical themes in Albert Camus's The Plague is of special relevance during and in the aftermath of Covid-1

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The Plague - Camus Albert

Anotace: `A story for our, and all, times` Guardian The Plague is Albert Camus`s world-renowned fable of fear and courageThe 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 d...

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Albert Camus

Opening with his impoverished childhood in Algiers, Todd brings the historical context to life, shedding light on Camus' later agonising conflict betw

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The Fall - Camus Albert

Anotace: 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-Smith Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranea...

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The Outsider - Camus Albert

Anotace: Meursault leads an apparently unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he commits a random act of violence. His lack of emotion and failure to show remorse only serve to increase his guilt in the eyes of the law, and challenges the fundamental values of society - a set of rules so binding that any person breaking them is condemned as an outsider. For Meursaul...

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Fall - Albert Camus

Jean-Baptiste Clamence - refined, handsome, forty, a former successful lawyer - is in turmoil. Over several drunken nights he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. He talks of parties and his debauchery, of Parisian nights and the Aegean sea

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The Outsider: Manga Edition - Camus Albert

Anotace: The exquisite manga adaptation of one of the world`s greatest 20th century fiction classics`My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don`t know.`A stranger to society, a stranger to his own life, Meursault seems indifferent to everything. In The Outsider, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. When his mother di...

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Albert Camus and the Human Crisis

A renowned scholar investigates the "human crisis” that Albert Camus confronted in his world and in ours, producing a brilliant study of Camus’s life

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The Myth Of Sisyphus - Camus Albert

Anotace: NOBEL PRIZE WINNER - An internationally acclaimed author delivers one of the most influential works of the twentieth century, showing a way out of despair and reaffirming the value of existence.Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide--the question of living or not living in a universe devoid o...

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The Outsider: Manga Edition - Albert Camus

<p>The exquisite manga adaptation of one of the world's greatest 20th century fiction classics'My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.'A stranger to society, a stranger to his own life, Meursault seems indifferent to everything. In The Outsider, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. When his mother die...

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The Fall, 1. vydání - Albert Camus

<p>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...

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The Outsider, 1. vydání - Albert Camus

<p>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.</p>

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Camus and Sartre

The full story of the rupture between Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre is described here as a falling out over fundamental differences of opinion reg

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Albert Camus: A Very Short Introduction

Albert Camus is one of the best known philosophers of the twentieth century, as well as a widely read novelist. This book contextualises Camus in his

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Albert Camus and the Philosophy of the Ordinary

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Camus and Fanon on the Algerian Question

This is the first book to offer a systematic comparison of the philosophies of Albert Camus and Frantz Fanon. It shows how the ethical, political, and

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The Outsider (0141198060)

Kniha - autor Albert Camus, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Albert Camus' portrayal of a man confronting the absurdity of human life became a classic. Yet it is also a book filled with quiet joy in the physical world, and this new translation sensitively renders the subtleties and dreamlike atmosphere of The Outsider.

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Little Louder

A little louder is the result of the I Premi Mediterrani Albert Camus Incipiens.

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First Man

A visually arresting adaptation of Albert Camus's masterful biographical novel that offers a new graphic interpretation for the next generation of rea

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Stranger

A visually stunning adaptation of Albert Camus' masterpiece that offers an exciting new graphic interpretation while retaining the book's unique atmos

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House of Salt and Sorrows - Craigová Erin A.

Anotace: Step inside a fairy tale.--Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval Get swept away by the New York Times bestseller that Melissa Albert, author of The Hazel Wood, calls eerie and lovely. As one by one her beautiful sisters mysteriously die on their isolated island estate, Annaleigh must unravel the curse that haunts her family. Be carefu...

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House Of Salt And Sorrows, 1. vydání - Erin A. Craigová

<p>Step inside a fairy tale.--Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval Get swept away by the New York Times bestseller that Melissa Albert, author of The Hazel Wood, calls eerie and lovely. As one by one her beautiful sisters mysteriously die on their isolated island estate, Annaleigh must unravel the curse that haunts her family. Be careful...

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A Book of Days - Smith Patti

Anotace: A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train. More than 365 images chart Smith`s singular aesthetic - inspired by her wildly popular InstagramIn 2018, without any plan or agenda for what might happen next, Patti Smith posted her first Instagram photo: her hand with the simple...

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A Book of Days, 1. vydání - Patti Smith

<p>A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train. More than 365 images chart Smith's singular aesthetic - inspired by her wildly popular InstagramIn 2018, without any plan or agenda for what might happen next, Patti Smith posted her first Instagram photo: her hand with the simple ...

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