The Fall
By: Albert Camus ; translated from the French by Justin O'Brien.
Edition: 1st Vintage international ed.
Series: Vintage international
Publisher: Vintage International
Published: 1991-03
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780679720225
Copyright date: 1984
Description: Mordant, brilliant, elegantly styled, The Fall is a novel Of the conscience Of modern man in the face of evil. In a seedy bar in Amsterdam, Clamence. an expatriate Frenchman, indulges in a calculated confession. He recalls his past life as a respected Parisian lawyer, a champion of noble causes, and, privately, a libertine—yet one apparently immune to judgment. As his narrative unfolds, ambiguities amass; every triumph reveals a failure, every motive a hidden treachery. The irony of his recital anticipates his downfall — and implicates us all.
Notes: Translation of: La chute.
"First published in the U.S. by Alfred A. Knopf in 1956"--T.p. verso.