Create Dangerously: Albert Camus (Penguin Modern)

Camus, Albert

ISBN 10: 024133912X / ISBN 13: 9780241339121

Published by Penguin Classics, 2018

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind. Seller Inventory # rev9996669330

Synopsis:

''To create today is to create dangerously''

Camus argues passionately that the artist has a responsibility to challenge, provoke and speak up for those who cannot in this powerful speech, accompanied here by two others.

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About the Author: French novelist, essayist, and playwright. Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a representative of non-metropolitan French literature. His origin in Algeria and his experiences there in the thirties were dominating influences in his thought and work. Among his works, The Plague (1947), The Just (1949) The Fall (1956). He was killed in a road accident in 1960. His last novel, The First Man, unfinished at the time of his death, appeared for the first time in 1994.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Create Dangerously: Albert Camus (Penguin ...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Like New