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Plague, Fall, Exile And The Kingdom And Selected Essays
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Plague, Fall, Exile And The Kingdom And Selected Essays
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Albert Camus
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Series | Everyman's Library CLASSICS |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:704 | Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 135 |
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Category/Genre | Literary essays |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781857152784
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Classifications | Dewey:848.91209 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Everyman
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Imprint |
Everyman's Library
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Publication Date |
5 August 2004 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
A haunting tale of human resilience in the face of unrelieved horror, Camus' novel about a bubonic plague ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature.
Author Biography
Born in Algeria in 1913, Albert Camus published The Stranger-- now one of the most widely read novels of this century-- in 1942. Celebrated in intellectual circles, Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. On January 4, 1960, he was killed in a car accident.
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