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The Fall

3 Ratings: 2.3

A book by Albert Camus

Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searing study of modern amorality.

Tags: Books, Fiction, Philosophy, Existentialism, Albert Camus, French Literature, see all

Author: Albert Camus

Genre: Fiction

Publisher: Vintage

Date Published: 1956

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review by Bill_Slocum. August 18, 2010

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

Lost In The Fog

At one point in "The Fall" we join our narrator and his companion as they float along Amsterdam's Zuider Zee. We are assured the boat is going at top speed, though with surroundings blotted out by dimness and fog, it's hard to tell. "We are steaming along without any landmark; we can't gauge our speed," the narrator says. "We are making progress and yet nothing is changing. It's not navigation but dreaming." … more

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review by CharlesAshbacher. November 08, 2008

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

A literary classic where the main character is someone you identify with yet loath

One of the most difficult circumstances you can find yourself in is to have a semi-drunk person sit next to you and demand that you serve as their father confessor. They pour out to you all of the problems in their life, using you as a source of pity, sympathy and a bin to unload their troubles into. Camus captures this situation, yet does it so eloquently that rather than desperately searching for a polite exit strategy, you read it and nod your head. Clamence is a Frenchman currently … more

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