Summer in Algiers

2005 Algeria

Author : Albert Camus
Release : 2005
Genre : Algeria
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Book Rating : 147/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis Summer in Algiers by : Albert Camus

Download or read book Summer in Algiers written by Albert Camus. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company's 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality of the Penguin list and will hark back to Penguin founder Allen Lane's vision of good books for all'. three essays evoke different aspects of the place - the title essay The Minotaur and The Return to Tipasa.

Lyrical and Critical Essays

2012-10-31 Literary Collections

Author : Albert Camus
Release : 2012-10-31
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Rating : 78X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Lyrical and Critical Essays by : Albert Camus

Download or read book Lyrical and Critical Essays written by Albert Camus. This book was released on 2012-10-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by Philip Thody, translated by Ellen Conroy Kennedy. "Here now, for the first time in a complete English translation, we have Camus' three little volumes of essays, plus a selection of his critical comments on literature and his own place in it. As might be expected, the main interest of these writings is that they illuminate new facets of his usual subject matter."--The New York Times Book Review "...a new single work for American readers that stands among the very finest."--The Nation

Algiers, Third World Capital

2018-08-07 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Elaine Mokhtefi
Release : 2018-08-07
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Download or read book Algiers, Third World Capital written by Elaine Mokhtefi. This book was released on 2018-08-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating portrait of life with the Black Panthers in Algiers: a story of liberation and radical politics Following the Algerian war for independence and the defeat of France in 1962, Algiers became the liberation capital of the Third World. Elaine Mokhtefi, a young American woman immersed in the struggle and working with leaders of the Algerian Revolution, found a home here. A journalist and translator, she lived among guerrillas, revolutionaries, exiles, and visionaries, witnessing historical political formations and present at the filming of The Battle of Algiers. Mokhtefi crossed paths with some of the era’s brightest stars: Frantz Fanon, Stokely Carmichael, Timothy Leary, Ahmed Ben Bella, Jomo Kenyatta, and Eldridge Cleaver. She was instrumental in the establishment of the International Section of the Black Panther Party in Algiers and close at hand as the group became involved in intrigue, murder, and international hijackings. She traveled with the Panthers and organized Cleaver’s clandestine departure for France. Algiers, Third World Capital is an unforgettable story of an era of passion and promise.

The First Man

2012-08-08 Fiction

Author : Albert Camus
Release : 2012-08-08
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 860/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The First Man written by Albert Camus. This book was released on 2012-08-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Nobel Prize-winning author comes the story of Jacques Cormery, a boy who lived a life much like his own, with the sights, sounds and textures of a childhood steeped in poverty and a father's death yet redeemed by the beauty of Algeria and the boy's attachment to his mother. "A work of genius." —The New Yorker Published thirty-five years after its discovery amid the wreckage of the car accident that killed Camus, The First Man is the brilliant consummation of the life and work of one of the 20th century's greatest novelists. Translated from the French by David Hapgood. "The First Man is perhaps the most honest book Camus ever wrote, and the most sensual...Camus is...writing at the depth of his powers...It is "Fascinating...The First Man helps put all of Camus's work into a clearer perspective and brings into relief what separates him from the more militant literary personalities of his day...Camus's voice has never been more personal." —The New York Times Book Review

The Sea Close By

2013-10-31 Literary Collections

Author : Albert Camus
Release : 2013-10-31
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Rating : 015/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Sea Close By written by Albert Camus. This book was released on 2013-10-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the Penguin Classics campaign celebrating 100 years of Albert Camus, 'A Sea Close By' reveals the writer as a sensual witness of landscapes, the sea and sailing. It is a light, summery day-dream. Accompanying 'The Sea Close By' is the essay 'Summer in Algiers', a lovesong to his Mediterranean childhood.

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