The First Man

Albert Camus, David Hapgood, Catherine Camus

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Penguin
31 October 2013

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

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

Of all Camus' works, this unfinished book has the most dramatic and extraordinary history - legend has it that the manuscript of THE FIRST MAN was extracted from the car wreck in which he died.

The unfinished manuscript of The First Man was discovered in the wreckage of car accident in which Camus died in 1960. Although it was not published for over thirty years, it was an instant bestseller when it finally appeared in 1994. The 'first man' is Jacques Cormery, whose poverty-stricken childhood in Algiers is made bearable by his love for his silent and illiterate mother, and by the teacher who transforms his view of the world. The most autobiographical of Camus's novels, it gives profound insights into his life and the powerful themes underlying his work.

By: Albert Camus
Translated by: David Hapgood
Volume editor: Catherine Camus
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 205g
ISBN: 9780141185231
ISBN 10: 0141185236
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 31 October 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Albert Camus was born in Algeria in 1913. The works that established his international reputation include THE PLAGUE, THE FALL, THE REBEL and THE OUTSIDER. Camus died in a road accident in 1960 and is remembered as one of the greatest philsophical novelists of the twentieth century.