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Reflections on the Guillotine

Paperback • 2020 • English

Reflections on the Guillotine

By Albert Camus

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About the book

'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out' Written when execution by guillotine was still legal in France, Albert Camus' devastating attack on the 'obscene exhibition' of capital punishment remains one of the most powerful, persuasive arguments ever made against the death penalty. One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new ...Show more

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9780241475225

Publisher

Penguin Classics

Published year

2020

Language

English

Original title

Reflections on the Guillotine

Format

Paperback

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