Albert Camus, Son of Algiers by Alain Vircondelet (.ePUB)
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Albert Camus, Son of Algiers by Alain Vircondelet
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Overview: For the first time, a biography seeks to illuminate the genius of Albert Camus through the lens of his native Algeria and his beloved city of Algiers, without which, he said, he could not live. Algeria encompassed the entirety of his imagination and his commitment. Over time, through conflict and exile, it even became a kind of Eden, illuminating that intimate part of himself he called “obscure,” a part he lamented, a year before his death, that was not more widely recognized. It took another son of Algiers to understand this sensitive dimension of the writer. Alain Vircondelet grew up in a working-class neighborhood; he attended the same schools, frequented the same beaches, and visited the same places as Albert Camus. Thanks to his extensive knowledge of Camus’s work, he recounts the pain of exile and the nostalgia for a country that has become mythical, a place of refuge and consolation… Considered one of the best biographers of his generation, translated into numerous languages, Alain Vircondelet has devoted several biographies to major figures in literature and spirituality, including Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Marguerite Duras, Blaise Pascal, and Séraphine de Senlis. “You have the necessary precision of tone, mastery of structure, and restraint in emotion to render Camus truthfully, at least as I knew him.” Jean Daniel, Le Nouvel Observateur
This is an unofficial translation intended for personal, not commercial, use. Translation and cover by Rb.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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