In the speech he gave upon accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957, Albert Camus said that a writer "cannot serve today those who make history; he must serve those who are subject to it." And in these twenty-three political...

Interpretationen Französisch/Deutsch - Albert Camus: L'ÉtrangerDieser Band in deutscher Sprache ermöglicht einen leichten Einstieg in Camus' Roman L'Étran­ger - Der Fremde und vertieft das Verständnis des Werkes. Das Buch bietet somit...

In his first novel, A Happy Death, written when he was in his early twenties and retrieved from his private papers following his death in I960, Albert Camus laid the foundation for The Stranger, focusing in both works on an Algerian...

'It was the discovery of the essays celebrating his childhood and youth that altered my perception of Camus, from a thinker to a writer whose intellectual lucidity was a product of the wealth - the sensual immediacy and clarity - that...

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...

'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out'Written when execution by guillotine was still legal in...

Hochzeit des Lichts /Heimkehr nach Tipasa: Impressionen am Rande der Wüste

One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus-featured here in a stand-alone edition-is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays...

Der Mythos von Sisyphos: Ein Versuch über das Absurde

From one of the most brilliant and influential thinkers of the twentieth century-two novels, six short stories, and a pair of essays in a single volume. In both his essays and his fiction, Albert Camus (1913-1960) de-ployed his lyric...

"L'Hote" ist eine Adaption von Albert Camus' Kurzgeschichte "Der Gast". Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte von Daru, einem in Algerien geborenen französischen Schulmeister, der in einer abgelegenen Schule in der algerischen Wüste lebt....

Diese Klett-Ausgabe enthält den vollständigen Text des Romans mit Worterklärungen sowie einigen Zusatztexten. von Camus, Albert