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Title: Albert Camus : A Life by Olivier Todd ISBN: 0-679-42855-0 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 25 November, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Read the French Edition of this book.
Comment: The only real problem I have with this book was that the American edition has been abridged. Over 150 pages have been cut. As a result much of the portrait of Camus as a philosopher has been deleted. So I would recomend reading the French edition if at all possible
Rating: 5
Summary: a biography of a biographer
Comment: If you want camus' angle on his life, read the first man, if you want an outsiders opinion, oliver todd is as good as it gets. Todd is a stickler for detail which is what anyone reading a biography really wants, so it's a must read on my list
Rating: 4
Summary: An excellent job of capturing Camus....
Comment: This book provides an interesting portrait of someone whom most would now qualify as one of the more interesting (if not most important) authors of the twentieth century. This book documents his early life (somewhat disappointingly for anyone who has read 'The First Man'-- Camus' own account) through his dallainces with careers and women to his litery triumphs.
This is a well-written and researched book, with the only negative from me that Camus comes out a lot less heroic and a lot more bitter and stereotypically hepcat and existentialist, which was a disappointment for I, who had raised him toward being a god....
A must read for anyone interested in Camus....
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Title: The Rebel : An Essay on Man in Revolt by Albert Camus ISBN: 0679733841 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Stranger by Albert Camus ISBN: 0679720200 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 13 March, 1989 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The First Man by Albert Camus ISBN: 0679768165 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 06 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Fall by Albert Camus ISBN: 0679720227 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 07 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: The Myth of Sisyphus : And Other Essays by Albert Camus ISBN: 0679733736 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 07 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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