The Fall By Albert Camus (Paperback, 2006)

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A philosophical novel described by fellow existentialist Sartre as 'perhaps the most beautiful & the least understood' of his novels Albert Camus' The Fall is translated by Robin Buss in Penguin Modern Classics Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil Over several drunken nights in an Amsterdam bar he regales a chance acquaintance with his story From this successful former lawyer & seemingly model citizen a compelling self-loathing catalogue of guilt hypocrisy & 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 & its absurdities
- for our innocence that once lost can never be recaptured Albert Camus (1913-60) is the author of a number of best-selling & highly influential works all of which are published by Penguin They include The Fall The Outsider & The First Man Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957 Camus is remembered as one of the few writers to have shaped the intellectual climate of post-war France but beyond that his fame has been international If you enjoyed The Fall you might like Jean-Paul Sartre's Nausea also available in Penguin Modern Classics' An irresistibly brilliant examination of modern conscience' The New York Times' Camus is the accused his own prosecutor & advocate The Fall might have been called The Last Judgement ' Olivier Todd