A happy death.
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New York : Vintage Books, [1973].
ISBN
0394718658, 9780394718651, 0679764003, 9780679764007
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Tinley Park Public Library - 1st Floor | FICTION CAMUS, ALBERT | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, [1973].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
192 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
0394718658, 9780394718651, 0679764003, 9780679764007
Notes
General Note
Translation of La mort heureuse.
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In his first novel, A Happy Death, written when he was in his early twenties and retrieved from his private papers following his death in I960, Albert Camus laid the foundation for The Stranger, focusing in both works on an Algerian clerk who kills a man in cold blood. But he also revealed himself to an extent that he never would in his later fiction. For if A Happy Death is the study of a rule-bound being shattering the fetters of his existence, it is also a remarkably candid portrait of its author as a young man. As the novel follows the protagonist, Patrice Mersault, to his victim's house -- and then, fleeing, in a journey that takes him through stages of exile, hedonism, privation, and death -it gives us a glimpse into the imagination of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. For here is the young Camus himself, in love with the sea and sun, enraptured by women yet disdainful of romantic love, and already formulating the philosophy of action and moral responsibility that would make him central to the thought of our time.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Camus, A. (1973). A happy death. . Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. 1973. A Happy Death.. Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. A Happy Death. Vintage Books, 1973.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Camus, Albert. A Happy Death. Vintage Books, 1973.
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