review ↠ E-book, or Kindle E-pub Ø Albert Camus

characters Ý The Fall ✓ E-book, or Kindle E-pub A philosophical novel described by fellow existentialist Sartre as 'perhaps the most beautiful and the least understood' of his novels Albert Camus' The Fall is translated by Robin Buss in Penguin Modern Classics Jean Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil Over several drunken nights in an Amsterdam bar he regales a chance acuaintance with his story From this successful former lawyer and seemingly model citizen a compelling self loathing catalogue of guilt hypocrisy and alienation. La traduction anglaise et non en anglo am ricain est d plorable pour de nombreuses raisons ue j nonce ici succinctement1 La traductrice n a ue fort mal compris les expressions employ es et le sens en anglais en est enti rement perverti y avait il une relecteur fran ais dans l avion2 Le style usit dans l oeuvre le beau langage et les mots recherch s et parfaitement justes la limite de l abominable p danterie et de l aff terie du narrateur n est absolument pas rendu Il n est pas m me l gantEn r sum autant la traduction am ricaine ue l anglaise laisse n importe ui horrifi un simple tudiant en premi re ann e d universit de langues et civilisations anglaises et am ricaines en aurait les bras ui lui en tomberaient por traduire would have hisher jaw drop Si vous tes hispaniste vous en aurez une traduction merveilleuse et si vous tes germaniste ou germanophone connaissant le fran ais il en sera presue de m me mai

characters Ý The Fall ✓ E-book, or Kindle E-pub Prize for Literature in 1957 Camus is remembered as one of the few writers to have shaped the intellectual climate of post war France but beyond that his fame has been international If you enjoyed The Fall you might like Jean Paul Sartre's Nausea also available in Penguin Modern Classics 'An irresistibly brilliant examination of modern conscience'The New York Times 'Camus is the accused his own prosecutor and advocate The Fall might have been called The Last Judgement 'Olivier Todd. Camus was one of a number of post war French writers who used the novel as a vehicle for their philosophy using fiction to explore our place in the modern world The story of The Fall such as there is unfolds not in actions or plot but in speech and the articulation of thoughts and ideasIt consists of a monologue spread across five days in Amsterdam and its environs as the garrulous narrator Jean Baptiste Clamance tells his story as soon as I open my mouth the words pour out Clamance is a French exile who describes himself rather oddly as a judge penitent uite what he means by this will have to wait He begins his monologue to an unnamed listener the reader whom he meets in a sailor s bar he calls Mexico City in the red light district of Amsterdam and accompanies through the rain soaked streets of the city at night All the while he expounds his views on humanity offering a jaded opinion of human freedom and liberty drawn from bitter experien

review ↠ E-book, or Kindle E-pub Ø Albert Camus

characters Ý The Fall ✓ E-book, or Kindle E-pub Pours forth The Fall 1956 is a brilliant portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence But beyond depicting one man's disillusionment Camus's novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities for our innocence that once lost can never be recaptured Albert Camus 1913 60 is the author of a number of best selling and highly influential works all of which are published by Penguin They include The Fall The Outsider and The First Man Awarded the Nobel. A boring drunk in a bar is how The Fall seems to start But soon the reader feels like the Wedding Guest enthralled with the Tale being told by The Ancient MarinerLover of Women Justice A successful Lawyer defender of widows orphans the downtrodden Willing to offer a helping hand to just about anyone This great generosity of spirit Then this Fall from Grace How Why This great generosity of spirit Might it be self serving This Love for Women Maybe that s a way of saying I never Loved any of themA brilliant portrayal of a man who has lost his innocence and comes to understand himself betterCamus at his best