Bibliograph

Looking for the stranger, Albert Camus and the life of a literary classic, Alice Kaplan

Type

Label

Looking for the stranger, Albert Camus and the life of a literary classic, Alice Kaplan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Looking for the stranger

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

936350604

Responsibility statement

Alice Kaplan

Sub title

Albert Camus and the life of a literary classic

Summary

Albert Camus’s “The Stranger” is one of the most widely read works of modern literature, the all-time best-selling novel in France, and a rite of passage for people around the world, who can read it in sixty languages. Here, for the first time, the novel receives its own biography—an absorbing account of a great work’s inception, struggle to be published, and ultimate triumph.

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- A bonfire -- From Belcourt to Hydra -- A first try -- The novel he didn't know he was writing -- A reporter on the beat -- Any person condemned to death shall have his head cut off -- The absurd -- A first chapter -- What he carried -- Writing part I -- Already traced within me -- Exodus -- Rue d'Arzew -- A jealous teacher and a generous comrade -- Resolve -- The Malraux factor -- A reader's report -- Gallimard's war -- The stranger is born -- Recovery -- From the absurd to revolt -- Above ground -- Existentialist twins -- Consecration in New York -- A book for everyone -- What's in a name? -- Epilogue: l'écho d'Oran

Target audience

adult

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