A Short Guide to Towns Without a Past

Albert Camus

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Penguin
15 July 2025

Literary essays; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fiction in translation; Philosophy

Series: Penguin Archive

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books

Best known for his existentialist novel The Outsider, set in French-occupied Algeria, Albert Camus was profoundly influenced by the landscapes, towns and traditions of his youth. Selected here are some of his finest personal essays about Algeria and its environs, including the luminous 'Nuptials at Tipasa', one of his earliest works where he developed the themes that would inform his later philosophy- to thrive now, without hope for paradise, as mortal life alone can be worthwhile.

By: Albert Camus
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 181mm, Width: 112mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 82g
ISBN: 9780241752012
ISBN 10: 0241752019
Series: Penguin Archive
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 15 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Albert Camus (1913-60) grew up in a working-class neighbourhood in Algiers. He studied philosophy at the University of Algiers, and became a journalist. His most important works include The Outsider, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Plague and The Fall. After the occupation of France by the Germans in 1941, Camus became one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement. He was killed in a road accident, and his last unfinished novel, The First Man, appeared posthumously.