A happy death
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Published
New York : Vintage International, 1995.
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Bellevue - Adult Fiction
Fiction Camus
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Fiction Camus
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Green Hills - Adult Fiction
Fiction Camus
1 available
Fiction Camus
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Main Library - Adult Fiction
Fiction Camus
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Fiction Camus
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Published
New York : Vintage International, 1995.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
192 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Translation of: Mort heureuse.
General Note
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.
Description
In his first novel, A Happy Death, written when he was in his early twenties and retrieved from his private papers following his death in I960, Albert Camus laid the foundation for The Stranger, focusing in both works on an Algerian clerk who kills a man in cold blood. But he also revealed himself to an extent that he never would in his later fiction. For if A Happy Death is the study of a rule-bound being shattering the fetters of his existence, it is also a remarkably candid portrait of its author as a young man. As the novel follows the protagonist, Patrice Mersault, to his victim's house -- and then, fleeing, in a journey that takes him through stages of exile, hedonism, privation, and death -it gives us a glimpse into the imagination of one of the great writers of the twentieth century. For here is the young Camus himself, in love with the sea and sun, enraptured by women yet disdainful of romantic love, and already formulating the philosophy of action and moral responsibility that would make him central to the thought of our time.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Camus, A., Howard, R., & Sarocchi, J. (1995). A happy death (First Vintage International edition.). Vintage International.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Camus, Albert, 1913-1960, Richard Howard and Jean, Sarocchi. 1995. A Happy Death. Vintage International.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Camus, Albert, 1913-1960, Richard Howard and Jean, Sarocchi. A Happy Death Vintage International, 1995.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Camus, Albert, Richard Howard, and Jean Sarocchi. A Happy Death First Vintage International edition., Vintage International, 1995.
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