Germaine Brée
Author
Series
Twentieth century views volume S-TC-1
Publisher
Prentice-Hall
Pub. Date
[1962]
Language
English
3) Albert Camus
Author
Series
Columbia essays on modern writers volume no. 1
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
1964
Language
English
11) L'étranger
Author
Series
Language
Français
Formats
Description
A young Algerian, Meursault, afflicted with a sort of aimless inertia, becomes embroiled in the petty intrigues of a local pimp and, somewhat inexplicably, ends up killing a man. Once he's imprisoned and eventually brought to trial, his crime, it becomes apparent, is not so much the arguably defensible murder he has committed as it is his deficient character. In the story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a senseless murder on a sun-drenched...
Series
Twentieth century views volume S-TC-4
Publisher
Prentice-Hall
Pub. Date
[1962]
Language
English
Description
Marcel Proust chronicled society -- with its tradition and ritual, "snobisme" and erotic passion, spirit of futility and cynical ambition -- as well as his spiritual self and all mankind. The man and his work are here brought into biographical and critical focus through the eyes of his keenest interpreters. A skillful interweaving of judgement and interpretation, this collection of distinguished essays reflects the many facets of Proust criticism....
