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'Den fremmede'
'Den fremmede'

Lydbog | Dansk

En ung franskmand i Algeriet, Meursault, lever et ganske almindeligt hverdagsliv, indtil han en dag på grund af tilfældige omstændigheder skyder et menneske, han overhovedet ikke kender. Alt, hvad der sker omkring Meursault, oplever han på en underlig søv

'Faldet'
'Faldet'

Lydbog | Dansk

Historien starterpå baren Mexico-City i Amsterdam hvor fortælleren Clamenceantaster en tilfældig bargæst - og samtidig læseren - og starter sin besnærende monolog om sin turbulentetilværelse, fortællingen om et pænt og borgerligt livs fald. En nat hørerCl

'Pesten'
'Pesten'

Lydbog | Dansk

PESTEN handler om et pestudbrud i den algierske havneby Oran. I begyndelsen dør rotter i hobetal, men efterhånden sættes alle indbyggere i karantæne. En lokal læge kæmper en brav kamp for beboerne i byen. Mange vælger at gå op imod den dødsdom, der hænger

'Create Dangerously'
'Create Dangerously'

Bog | Engelsk

'To create today is to create dangerously' Camus argues passionately that the artist has a responsibility to challenge, provoke and speak up for those who cannot in this powerful speech, accompanied here by two others. Penguin Modern: fifty new bo

'A Short Guide to Towns Without a Past'
'A Short Guide to Towns Without a Past'

Bog | Engelsk

90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Best known for his existentialist novel The Outsider , set in French-occupied Algeria, Albert Camus was profoundly influenced by the landscapes, towns and traditions of his youth. Selected here are s

'The Fall'
'The Fall'

Bog | Engelsk

'An irresistibly brilliant examination of modern conscience' The New York Times Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil. Over several drunken nights in an Amsterdam bar, he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. From this successful for

'The Myth of Sisyphus'
'The Myth of Sisyphus'

Bog | Engelsk

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched liv

'The Fall'
'The Fall'

Bog | Engelsk

A philosophical novel described by fellow existentialist Sartre as 'perhaps the most beautiful and the least understood' of his novels, Albert Camus' The Fall is translated by Robin Buss in Penguin Modern Classics. Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a

'Reflections on the Guillotine'
'Reflections on the Guillotine'

Bog | Engelsk

'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out' Written when execution by guillotine was still legal in France, Alb

'L' Hote. Le Premier Homme'
'L' Hote. Le Premier Homme'

Bog | fre

Das Bändchen enthält eine von Camus¿ bedeutendsten Erzählungen, L¿hôte, außerdem Auszüge aus dem postumen Roman Le premier homme, dessen Erscheinen 1994 eine literarische Sensation war. Beides zusammen ergibt ein facettenreiches Bild der besonderen Bezieh

'The Outsider'
'The Outsider'

Bog | Engelsk

'My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.' In The Outsider (1942), his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie.

'The Outsider'
'The Outsider'

Bog | Engelsk

'One of those books that marks a reader's life indelibly' William Boyd 'A compelling, dreamlike fable' Guardian In The Outsider , Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his ant

'The Outsider'
'The Outsider'

Bog | Engelsk

The Outsider is an enduring classic of existential writing by Albert Camus 'Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know' Meursault is different. He will not lie. He will not pretend. He is true to himself. So when his mother dies and h

L' Etranger
L' Etranger

Bog | fre

Camus erzählt in diesem Roman (1942) die Geschichte Meursaults, der am Strand einen Araber erschießt. Es war wegen der Sonne, erklärt Meursault im Gerichtssaal seine Tat. Die philosophische Frage nach dem Sinn menschlicher Existenz, die sich für Camus als

'The First Man'
'The First Man'

Bog | Engelsk

The unfinished manuscript of The First Man was discovered in the wreckage of car accident in which Camus died in 1960. Although it was not published for over thirty years, it was an instant bestseller when it finally appeared in 1994. The 'first man&#

'Exile and the Kingdom'
'Exile and the Kingdom'

Bog | Engelsk

The stories of Exile and the Kingdom explore the dilemma of being an outsider - even in one's own country - and of allegiance. With intense power and lyricism, Camus evokes beautiful but harsh landscapes, whether the shimmering deserts of his native A

'The Plague'
'The Plague'

Bog | Engelsk

'A story for our, and all, times' Guardian Set in a town at the mercy of an epidemic, The Plague is an odyssey into the darkness and absurdity of human existence. ----------------------------------- 'On the morning of April 16, Dr Rieux emerge

'The Myth of Sisyphus'
'The Myth of Sisyphus'

Bog | Engelsk

In this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question: If human existence has no meaning, is life worth living? 'What I touch, what resists me - that is what I understand' As Camus argues, if there is no God to

'The Rebel'
'The Rebel'

Bog | Engelsk

A philosophical exploration of the idea of 'rebellion' by one of the leading existentialist thinkers, Albert Camus' The Rebel looks at artistic and political rebels throughout history, from Epicurus to the Marquis de Sade. This Penguin Modern

'The Plague'
'The Plague'

Bog | Engelsk

The Plague is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courage The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced

'A Happy Death'
'A Happy Death'

Bog | Engelsk

Is it possible to die a happy death?This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel, published posthumously and greeted as a major literary event. It tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society's rules by comm

'The Plague'
'The Plague'

Bog | Engelsk

The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disea

'The Fall'
'The Fall'

Bog | Engelsk

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics,

'Personal Writings'
'Personal Writings'

Bog | Engelsk

'It was the discovery of the essays celebrating his childhood and youth that altered my perception of Camus, from a thinker to a writer whose intellectual lucidity was a product of the wealth - the sensual immediacy and clarity - that had been heaped

'Speaking Out'
'Speaking Out'

Bog | Engelsk

A new collection of Albert Camus' most brilliant speeches and lectures 'Freedom is dangerous, as hard to live as it is exalting...' This definitive new collection of Albert Camus' public speeches and lectures gives a compelling insight int

'Committed Writings'
'Committed Writings'

Bog | Engelsk

'To create today means to create dangerously' This new collection contains some of Camus' most brilliant political writing as he reflects on moral responsibility and the role of the artist in the world. Letters to a German Friend , written and

'La peste'
'La peste'

Bog | fre

- Naturellement, vous savez ce que c'est, Rieux? - J'attends le résultat des analyses. - Moi, je le sais. Et je n'ai pas besoin d'analyses. J'ai fait une partie de ma carriere en Chine, et j'ai vu quelques cas a Paris, il y a une v

'The Myth Of Sisyphus'
'The Myth Of Sisyphus'

Bog | Engelsk

A Nobel Prize-winning author delivers one of the most influential works of the twentieth century, showing a way out of despair and reaffirming the value of existence. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a

'Exile and the Kingdom'
'Exile and the Kingdom'

Bog | Engelsk

Set in North Africa, Paris, and Brazil, the six stories in this masterful collection reveal probing portraits of spiritual exile, and man's perpetual search for an inner kingdom in which to be reborn. From a variety of masterfully rendered perspective

'Espaces littéraires: L'hôte'
'Espaces littéraires: L'hôte'

Bog | fre

Aus dem Novellenband L'exil et le royaume . Die Menschen, deren Schicksal Camus in dieser Novelle erzählt, sind Suchende. Sie warten auf etwas, das ihnen helfen soll, ihr Schicksal nicht nur zu ertragen, sondern auch zu überwinden. Literarische Ganzsc

'(L'Etranger) The Outsider'
'(L'Etranger) The Outsider'

Bog | Engelsk

Camus' sparse parable about the human condition is one of the great stories of the 20th Century, here adapted for the stage by Booker prize winner Ben Okri. A faceless man who can no longer pretend, Mersault commits a senseless murder under the glare

'The Stranger'
'The Stranger'

Bog | Engelsk

Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed -the nakedness of man faced with the absurd.- First published in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward.

Travels in the Americas
Travels in the Americas

Bog | Engelsk

Albert Camus's lively journals from his eventful visits to the United States and South America in the 1940s, available again in a new translation. In March 1946, the young Albert Camus crossed from Le Havre to New York. Though he was virtually unknown

'The Fall'
'The Fall'

Bog | Engelsk

NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR - One of the most widely read novels of all time--from one of the best-known writers of all time--about a lawyer from Paris who brilliantly illuminates the human condition. Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing nove

'The First Man'
'The First Man'

Bog | Engelsk

Camus tells the story of Jacques Cormery, a boy who lived a life much like his own. Camus summons up the sights, sounds and textures of a childhood circumscribed by poverty and a father's death yet redeemed by the austere beauty of Algeria and the boy

'The Outsider'
'The Outsider'

Bog | Engelsk

Albert Camus' existentialist masterpiece, now in a wonderful new Clothbound Classics edition In The Outsider , his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti

'Caligula and Three Other Plays'
'Caligula and Three Other Plays'

Bog | Engelsk

In brand new translations by Ryan Bloom, four theatrical masterpieces from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Outsider and The Plague are brought together for the first time in English, alongside deleted scenes and alternate lines of dialogue Caligula/

'The Outsider'
'The Outsider'

Bog | Engelsk

Albert Camus' laconic masterpiece about a Frenchman who murders an Arab in colonial Algeria is famous in its time for diagnosing a state of alienation and spiritual exhaustion which summed up the mood of the mid-twentieth century. Today, more than fif

'Happy Death'
'Happy Death'

Bog | Engelsk

The first novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author lays the foundation for The Stranger, telling the story of an Algerian clerk who kills a man in cold blood. In A Happy Death , written when Albert Camus was in his early twenties and retrieved from his p

'Caligula and Three Other Plays'
'Caligula and Three Other Plays'

Bog | Engelsk

Four thought-provoking masterworks for the theater by the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Stranger and The Plague, in a restorative new translation by Ryan Bloom that brings together, for the first time in English, Camus's final versions of the play

'The Rebel'
'The Rebel'

Bog | Engelsk

By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution. For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the "essential dimensions" of human nature, manifested in man's timeless Promethean

'Der erste Mensch'
'Der erste Mensch'

Bog | Tysk

"Inszeniert wie ein Roman, enthält 'Der erste Mensch' eine bewegende Autobiographie der algerischen Kindheit Albert Camus': das intimste Selbstzeugnis, daß der diskrete und scheue Autor hinterlassen hat." (Der SPIEGEL)

'Faldet'
'Faldet'

Bog | Dansk

"Faldet" fra 1957 er et af Albert Camus' mest kendte værker. Et værk, der også blev den franske forfatters sidste. Historien fortælles af Clamence, en mondæn advokat, som beretter om sin turbulente tilværelse og sit borgerlige livs fald. En

'Den fremmede'
'Den fremmede'

Bog | Dansk

"Den fremmede" er Albert Camus' hovedværk fra 1942 om en ung mands kedsommelige og indifferente liv, der ad omveje fører til et drab og senere vækkelse. I Algeriet lever den unge franskmand Meursault et helt ordinært, kedsommeligt og menings

'Det første menneske'
'Det første menneske'

Bog | Dansk

En enestående skildring af en drengs opvækst i en fattig fransk familie i Algier, og en ufuldendt roman, der smukt og varmt fuldender et stort forfatterskab.

'Sisyfos-myten'
'Sisyfos-myten'

Bog | Dansk

Den græske myte om Sisyfos er verdenskendt som historien om en snu mand, der modsatte sig guderne og som straf blev sat til at rulle en stor sten op ad en bjergside til evig tid. Når stenen når toppen, ruller den dog fra ham og ned til bjergets fod igen.

'Pesten'
'Pesten'

Bog | Dansk

Albert Camus udforsker den humanistiske eksistentialisme i en af hans hovedværker ”Pesten” fra 1947. ”Pesten” fortælles af en anonym fortæller, som i 1947 oplever et pestudbrud på tæt hold i Oran - en havneby i Algeriet. I Oran opl

'Samlede taler og foredrag'
'Samlede taler og foredrag'

Bog | Dansk

Denne bog samler de 34 offentligetaler og foredrag, som Albert Camus holdt i årene 1937 og frem til 1958, to årfør sin død. Albert Camus anseelse som romanforfatter, essayist og dramatikergjorde ham i de år til en hyppigt inviteret taler, og hans synspunk

'Camus at Combat'
'Camus at Combat'

Bog | Engelsk

Paris is firing all its ammunition into the August night. Against a vast backdrop of water and stone, on both sides of a river awash with history, freedom's barricades are once again being erected. Once again justice must be redeemed with men's bl

'The Complete Notebooks'
'The Complete Notebooks'

Bog | Engelsk

The first complete translation of Albert Camus's personal notebooks written between 1933 and 1959, including new material never before published in English. Throughout his career, French writer and philosopher Albert Camus kept a series of notebooks t

'The Plague'
'The Plague'

Bog | Engelsk

The first new translation of The Plague to be published in the United States in more than seventy years, bringing the Nobel Prize winner's iconic novel (A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despair . --The Washing