Camus

Paperback

Main Details

Title Camus
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Conor Cruise O'Brien
Introduction by Oliver Kamm
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:96
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 111
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
ISBN/Barcode 9780571324279
ClassificationsDewey:848.91409
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 19 February 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Conor Cruise O'Brien's penetrative reading of Albert Camus, Nobel laureate and author of L'Etranger and La Peste, was originally published in 1970. 'O'Brien's Camus is brilliant. While having been himself profoundly moved by Camus's work, he asks why students have so often misinterpreted him.' Marghanita Laski, The Times '[Camus] displays O'Brien's cultivated intelligence at its most joyous pitch, and . . . demonstrates his unique critical talent . . . [O'Brien] demonstrates that Camus was far from being an exemplar of the truly independent intellectual and that his conception of "Mediterranean culture" served to legitimise France's possession of Algeria . . . O'Brien's prose has a sweet rigour as he first explores Camus's sense of estrangement and unreality, and then places his work within a social context.' Tom Paulin, Times Literary Supplement