The First Man

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The First Man
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Albert Camus
Translated by David Hapgood
SeriesPenguin Modern Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780141185231
ClassificationsDewey:843.912
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication Date 6 December 2001
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

THE FIRST MAN offers an incredibly moving account of Camus' poverty-stricken childhood in Algeria, the love of his silent mother, and the remarkable figure of an old schoolteacher who saved him from ignorance. Camus was working on a manuscript version of the book when he was killed in a car acident with his publisher Michel Gallimard. THE FIRST MAN was first published in 1995 to international acclaim.

Author Biography

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.