The Fall

Albert Camus, Robin Buss, Robin Buss

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French

Penguin
11 August 2006

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

New translation by Robin Buss

Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil. Over several drunken nights he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. From this successful former lawyer and seemingly model citizen a compelling, self-loathing catalogue of guilt, hypocrisy and alienation pours forth.

The Fall (1956) is a brilliant portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence. But beyond depicting one man's disillusionment, Camus's novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities - and our innocence that, once lost, can never be recaptured ...

By: Albert Camus
Translated by: Robin Buss, Robin Buss
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 78g
ISBN: 9780141187945
ISBN 10: 0141187948
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 11 August 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

French novelist, essayist, and playwright. Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a representative of non-metropolitan French literature. His origin in Algeria and his experiences there in the thirties were dominating influences in his thought and work. Among his works, The Plague (1947), The Just (1949) The Fall (1956). He was killed in a road accident in 1960. His last novel, The First Man, unfinished at the time of his death, appeared for the first time in 1994.