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The First Man

Paperback • 2001 • English

The First Man

By Albert Camus

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

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 profoun...Show more

Biography, Literature and Literary studies

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ISBN

9780141185231

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

The First Man

Format

Paperback

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