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A Life Worth Living Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning

Hardcover • 2013 • English

A Life Worth Living Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning

By Robert Zaretsky

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About the book

In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Albert Camus declared that a writer's duty is twofold: "the refusal to lie about what one knows and the resistance against oppression." These twin obsessions help explain something of Camus' remarkable character, which is the overarching subject of this sympathetic and lively book. Through an exploration of themes that preoccupied Camus--absurdity, silence, revolt, fidelity, and moderation--Robert Zaretsky portrays a moralist who refused to be fooled by the ...Show more

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ISBN

9780674724761

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

A Life Worth Living Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning

Format

Hardcover

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