The Fall
  • Published: 11 August 2006
  • ISBN: 9780141187945
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $26.00
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The Fall

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29 Sep 2020
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11 Aug 2006
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5 Sep 2023
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6 Mar 2014
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New translation by Robin Buss

Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil. Over several drunken nights he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. From this successful former lawyer and seemingly model citizen a compelling, self-loathing catalogue of guilt, hypocrisy and alienation pours forth.

The Fall (1956) is a brilliant portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence. But beyond depicting one man's disillusionment, Camus's novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities - and our innocence that, once lost, can never be recaptured ...
  • Published: 11 August 2006
  • ISBN: 9780141187945
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 96
  • RRP: $26.00
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