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Algerian Chronicles

Albert Camus

Translated by Arthur Goldhammer

Introduction by Alice Kaplan

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$19.00 • £15.95 • €17.00

ISBN 9780674416758

Publication Date: 11/24/2014

240 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

World

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Albert Camus (1913–1960), Algerian-French novelist, essayist, and playwright, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.

Alice Kaplan is John M. Musser Professor of French and chair of the Department of French at Yale University.

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On the 100th anniversary of his birth, watch France 24’s celebration of Albert Camus’ life and legacy (in English)
Read essays by biographer Robert Zaretsky in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Camus in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Huffington Post, and L.A. Times
At In These Times and Salon, read how Camus anticipated the Arab Spring
At the Catholic magazine America, read about Camus’ continuing popular role as a “secular saint”
Read an exploration in Smithsonian Magazine of Camus’ legacy in the country of his birth
In The New Republic, read an in-depth consideration of Algerian Chronicles as it relates to the modern Middle East
On ABC Radio National’s Late Night Live, listen to editor Alice Kaplan discuss the importance of Algerian Chronicles to current discussions of civil war and terrorism
At the Best American Poetry blog, read Kaplan’s essay on what Camus means to Algerians today
In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, read one argument for what Camus can teach modern Israel

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