Albert Camus Contributor(s): Hughes, Edward J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1780234937 ISBN-13: 9781780234939 Publisher: Reaktion Books OUR PRICE: $21.78 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
Dewey: 843.912 |
Series: Critical Lives |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.75 lbs) 224 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Winner of the Franco-British Society Literary Prize 2015 Few figures of twentieth-century French culture carry such an air of romance and intrigue as Albert Camus. Though his life was cut short by a fatal car accident in 1960, when he was just forty-six years old, he packed those years with an incredible amount of experience and accomplishment. This new entry in the Critical Lives series offers a fresh look at Camus' life and work, from his best-selling novels like The Stranger to his complicated political engagement in a postwar world of intensifying ideological conflict. Edward Hughes offers a particularly nuanced exploration of Camus' relationship to his native Algeria--a connection whose strength would be tested in the 1950s as France's conflict with the anticolonial movement there became increasingly violent and untenable. Ultimately, the picture Hughes offers is of a man whose commitment to ideas and truth reigned supreme, whether in his fiction, journalism, or political activity, a commitment that has led the man who disclaimed leadership--"I do not guide anyone," he once pleaded--to nonetheless be seen as a powerful figure and ethical force. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hughes, Edward J.: - Edward J. Hughes is professor of French at Queen Mary, University of London, and the author of several books. He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Camus. |