advance review copy, 1976. with review slip and photo.
translated from the french by ellen conroy kennedy. includes "the first camus," an essay by paul viallaneix.
new york: alfred a. knopf. isbn: 0-394-49535-7. 5.25 x 8.25 inches. 279 pages. hardcover. bound in blue cloth-covered boards. book condition.....
first american edition, 1948.
translated from the french by stuart gilbert. jacket design by jean carlu.
new york: alfred a. knopf. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 278 pages. hardcover. bound in black blind-stamped cloth covered boards. book condition: lightest foxing to pastedowns. near fine. jacket condition: lightest shelf-wear. some.....
second printing, 1960. scarce.
michigan city, indiana: fridtjof-karla publications. 55 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. hardcover. bound in red cloth-covered boards. book condition: edgeworn and bumped. pen to front cover. owner's inscription to front pastedown. toned. very good-.
6th printing, 1971.
in this essay, first published in 1942, camus grapples with the fundamental tension between our deep need for meaning and the indifferent, “unreasonable silence” of the universe. drawing from the works of kierkegaard, schopenhauer, and nietzsche, camus develops his philosophy of the absurd, asserting that.....
first american edition, 1961.
collection of essays written by albert camus and selected by him in prior to his death in 1960. camus addresses conflicts in algeria, his negative views on capital punishment, and the importance of the social context of art.
new york: alfred knopf. book condition.....