A Happy Death

Informationen zum Autor Albert Camus (1913-60) grew up in a working-class neighbourhood in Algiers. He studied philosophy at the University of Algiers, and became a journalist. His most important works include The Outsider , The Myth of Sisyphus, The Plague and The Fall . After the occupation of France by the Germans in 1941, Camus became one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement. He was killed in a road accident, and his last unfinished novel, The First Man , appeared posthumously. Klappentext Is it possible to die a happy death? This title tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society's rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, then experimenting with different ways of life and finally dying a happy man. Zusammenfassung Is it possible to die a happy death? This title tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society's rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, then experimenting with different ways of life and finally dying a happy man.

Product details

• Authors: Albert Camus, Richard Howard, Jean Sarocchi
• Assisted by: Jean Sarocchi (Afterword), Sarocchi Jean (Afterword), Richard Howard (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2002
• EAN: 9780141186580
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118658-0
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics; PENGUIN CLASSIC
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary