num_pages: 848
description: Lottman's Albert Camus was the first and remains the definitive biography -- even in France. John Leonard, New York "What emerges from Mr. Lottman's tireless devotions is a portrait of the artist, the outsider, the humanist and skeptic, that breaks the heart." John Sturrock, The New York Times Book Herbert Lottman's life (of Camus) is the first to be written, either in French or English, and it is exhaustive, a labor of love and of wonderful industry." This new edition includes a specially written preface by the author revealing the challenges of a biographer, of some of the problems that had to be dealt with while writing the book and after it appeared.
language: English
title: Albert Camus: A Biography
titlecomplete: Albert Camus: A Biography
genres: Philosophy, Biography, Literature, Nonfiction, History, France
ratings_count: 133
publisher: Gingko Press