A Happy Death

Quand la sonnerie a encore retenti, que la porte du box s'est ouverte, c'est le silence de la salle qui est monte vers moi, le silence, et cette singuliere sensation que j'ai eue lorsque j'ai constate que le jeune journaliste avait detourne les yeux. Je n'ai pas regarde du cote de Marie. Je n'en ai pas eu le temps parce que le president m'a dit dans une forme bizarre que j'aurais la tete tranchee sur une place publique au nom du peuple francais...

A daring critique of communism and how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, Camus essay examines the revolutions in France and Russia, and argues that since they were both guilty of producing tyranny and corruption, hope for the future lies only in revolt without revolution.Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked...

320 lk Põhja-Aafrika rannikul asuvas Orani linnas algab katk mitme kuulutusliku sündmusega, mida inimesed kummatigi tähele ei pane. Järk-järgult saab tõvest aga kõike ja kõiki ümbritsev reaalsus, mis kustutab mineviku ning paiskab oma ohvrid äärmuslikku kannatuste jadasse, hullusesse, aga ka kaastundesse. Neutraalseks jääda sooviv katkukroonika kirjeldab fakte ja arve ning näitab linnas toimuvaid muutusi. See on lugu raugematust õudusest, ellujäämisest ja vastupanust, eelkõige...

The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr Rieux, resist the terror.An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a story...

Is it possible to die a happy death?This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel, published posthumously and greeted as a major literary event. It tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society's rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, then experimenting with different ways of life and finally dying a happy man. In many ways A Happy Death is a fascinating first sketch for The Outsider, but it can also be seen as a candid...