Albert Camus

Sivullinen on ranskalaisen Albert Camus'n tunnetuin teos vuodelta 1942. Suomeksi romaani julkaistiin 1947 Kalle Salon kääntämänä. Sivullinen on Camus'n eksistentialismin selkeä ja painokas manifesti. Romaani kertoo nuoresta algerianranskalaisesta miehestä, Meursault'sta, joka on kuin synnynnäisesti omaksunut …

Rutto on Albert Camus'n romaani vuodelta 1947. Teos kertoo ihmisten taistelusta ruttoepidemiaa vastaan algerialaisessa Oranin kaupungissa. Ruton kuvaaman eristetyn kaupungin voidaan katsoa edustavan miehitettyä Ranskaa.

Putoaminen on ranskalaisen Albert Camus'n kolmas romaani vuodelta 1956. Suomeksi romaani ilmestyi vuonna 1957 Maijaliisa Auterisen kääntämänä. Putoaminen on entisen menestyneen pariisilaisasianajajan, nykyisen katumuksentekijä-tuomarin tarina, jonka hän kertoo toisen maailmansodan jälkeen amsterdamilaisessa …

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the …

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 …

The Just Assassins is a 1949 play by French writer and philosopher Albert Camus. The play is based on the true story of a group of Russian Socialist-Revolutionaries who assassinated the Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich in 1905, and explores the moral issues associated with murder and terrorism. In the play, all but one …