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The First Man
  • Published: 31 October 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141185231
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $26.00

The First Man

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Of all Camus' works, this unfinished book has the most dramatic and extraordinary history - legend has it that the manuscript of THE FIRST MAN was extracted from the car wreck in which he died.

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' is Jacques Cormery, whose poverty-stricken childhood in Algiers is made bearable by his love for his silent and illiterate mother, and by the teacher who transforms his view of the world. The most autobiographical of Camus's novels, it gives profound insights into his life and the powerful themes underlying his work.
  • Published: 31 October 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141185231
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $26.00
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About the author

Albert Camus

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.

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Also by Albert Camus

The Outsider
The Stranger
Create Dangerously
Reflections on the Guillotine
A Happy Death
The Plague: Popular Penguins
The Fall
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