Algerian Chronicles Contributor(s): Camus, Albert (Author), Goldhammer, Arthur (Translator), Kaplan, Alice (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0674416759 ISBN-13: 9780674416758 Publisher: Belknap Press OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - North - Political Science | World - African - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
Dewey: 965.04 |
Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.57" W x 8.53" (0.50 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - North Africa |
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Publisher Description: More than fifty years after Algerian independence, Albert Camus' Algerian Chronicles appears here in English for the first time. Published in France in 1958, the same year the Algerian War brought about the collapse of the Fourth French Republic, it is one of Camus' most political works--an exploration of his commitments to Algeria. Dismissed or disdained at publication, today Algerian Chronicles, with its prescient analysis of the dead end of terrorism, enjoys a new life in Arthur Goldhammer's elegant translation. "Believe me when I tell you that Algeria is where I hurt at this moment," Camus, who was the most visible symbol of France's troubled relationship with Algeria, writes, "as others feel pain in their lungs." Gathered here are Camus' strongest statements on Algeria from the 1930s through the 1950s, revised and supplemented by the author for publication in book form. In her introduction, Alice Kaplan illuminates the dilemma faced by Camus: he was committed to the defense of those who suffered colonial injustices, yet was unable to support Algerian national sovereignty apart from France. An appendix of lesser-known texts that did not appear in the French edition complements the picture of a moralist who posed questions about violence and counter-violence, national identity, terrorism, and justice that continue to illuminate our contemporary world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kaplan, Alice: - Alice Kaplan is John M. Musser Professor of French and chair of the Department of French at Yale University.Camus, Albert: - Albert Camus (1913-1960), Algerian-French novelist, essayist, and playwright, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. |