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Description edit
In this vibrant, engaging biography of Albert Camus, the internationally acclaimed author of The Stranger , The Plague , and The Fall , French writer and journalist Olivier Todd has richly tapped resources never before available-personal correspondence, notebooks, public records--as well as... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Albert Camus: Add a description of this character.
- Francine
- Marx
- Andre Malraux
- Simone
- Michel Gallimard
- Gaston Gallimard
- Jean Grenier
- Maria Casares
- Paulhan
- Yvonne
- Janine
- Lucien
- Christiane
- Lyons
- Claude
- Catherine
- Marguerite Dobrenn
- Robert Gallimard
- Jeanne Sicard
- Andre Gide
- Charles Poncet
- Francois Mauriac
- Patricia
- Hitler
- Beauvoir
- Rene Char
- Koestler
- Don Juan
- Meursault
- Etienne
- Pierre
- Faulkner
- Fernande
- Clamence
Setting & Locations edit
- Paris
- Algeria
- France
- Algiers
- Oran
- South America
- Spain
- New York
- Caligula
- Pia
- Europe
- Alger Republicain
- Dostoyevsky
- Belcourt
- Germany
- Italy
- North Africa
- England
- Greece
- Marseilles
- Stockholm
- Lourmarin
- Southeast Asia
- Switzerland
- Moscow
- Freminville
- Brazil
- Chambon
- Kabylia
- Rambert
- Mondovi
- Morocco
- Egypt
- Russia
- Montparnasse
- Stendhal
- London
- Clermont-ferrand
- Chile
- Avignon
- Chanaleilles
- Washington
- Bordeaux
- Prague
- Salzburg
- Hungary
- Sweden
First Sentence edit
On September 22, 1913, on the Saint-Paul Farm outside the town of Mondovi in Algeria, Lucien Auguste Camus wrote to his employer, "The grape harvest at Saint-Paul ended this morning at 10 a.m."
Authors & Contributors edit
- Olivier Todd (Author)
- Benjamin Ivry
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0679428550
Page Count: 434
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0679428550
Page Count: 434
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- Dewey: 848.91409
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