Cover art for The Fall
Published
Penguin Modern Classics, July 2006
ISBN
9780141187945
Format
Softcover, 96 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.9cm × 0.6cm

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New translation by Robin Buss

Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil. Over several drunken nights he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. From this successful former lawyer and seemingly model citizen a compelling, self-loathing catalogue of guilt, hypocrisy and alienation pours forth.

The Fall (1956) is a brilliant portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence. But beyond depicting one man's disillusionment, Camus's novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities - and our innocence that, once lost, can never be recaptured ...

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