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Camus tells the story of Jacques Cormery, a boy who lived a life much like his own. Camus summons up the sights, sounds and textures of a childhood circumscribed by poverty and a father's death yet redeemed by the austere beauty of Algeria and the boy's attachment to his nearly deaf-mute... read more

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Up above the wagon rolling along a stony road, big thick clouds were hurrying East through the dusk.

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This book is in Penguin Modern Classics. (edition-based publisher list)

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  1. Albert Camus (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0679768165
Page Count: 336

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