Mor je filosofický román francouzského spisovatele Alberta Camuse z roku 1947. Dílo je poněkud náročnějším čtivem se zřetelnou filosofickou rovinou - vzpourou, bojem, vzepřením se neradostnému lidskému údělu. Je považováno za klasiku existencialismu, ačkoli autor toto označení odmítá. Na dílo je také nahlíženo jako na …
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 …
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By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution. For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the "essential dimensions" of human nature, manifested in man's timeless Promethean struggle against the conditions of his existence, as well as the popular …
The First Man is Albert Camus' unfinished final novel. On January 4, 1960, at the age of forty-six, Camus was killed in a car accident in the Luberon area in southern France. The incomplete manuscript of The First Man, the autobiographical novel Camus was working on at the time of his death, was found in the mud at …
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death is a 1960 collection of essays written by Albert Camus and selected by the author prior to his death. The essays here generally involve conflicts near the Mediterranean, with an emphasis on his home country Algeria, and on the Algerian War of Independence in particular. He also …
Spravedliví je divadelní hra z roku 1949, jejímž autorem je spisovatel a filozof Albert Camus. Hra je založena na pravdivém příběhu skupiny ruských socialistických revolucionářů, kteří roku 1905 zabili velkovévodu Sergeje Alexandroviče. Ve hře jsou postavy až na Stěpana inspirovány skutečnými …