ISBN: 9780394702230

Copyright date states 1956, but this is a later printing. Tight, square spine has some very subtle cosmetic creasing. Former owner name to the half-title, but interior is else clean and u… Meer...

Copyright date states 1956, but this is a later printing. Tight, square spine has some very subtle cosmetic creasing. Former owner name to the half-title, but interior is else clean and unmarked. Some toning to the pages. Some areas of light rubbing and gentle edge-wear to the covers, but nice copy over all. First published in Paris in 1956 by Librairie Gallimard as La Chute. Translated by Justin O'Brien. In October 1954, Camus was taken by a Dutch acquaintance on a tour of the seedier areas of Amsterdam, including what would become the setting of this novel: Mexico City, a sailors' bar located in the notorious red-light district, which the book's narrator, Jean-Baptiste Clamence, identifies as the innermost circle of a city whose 'concentric canals resemble the circles of hell . . . The middle-class hell, of course, peopled with bad dreams.' Camus's last complete work of fiction before his 1960 death when publisher Michel Gallimard's Facel Vega FV2 veered off the French Route nationale 5 and hit a plane tree, The Fall would later be eulogized by Jean-Paul Sartre as 'perhaps the most beautiful and the least understood' of the Algerian-born philosopher's books. This paperback boasts a jazzy Saul Bassinspired cover and an unusually classic design for the mass market, featuring deep lower margins, dignified initials, and centered folios underscored by elegant borders. 147 pp., Vintage Books, 3<

ISBN: 9780394702230

The day his mother dies, Meursault notices that it is very hot on the bus that is taking him from Algiers to the retirement home where his mother lived; so hot that he falls asleep. Later… Meer...

The day his mother dies, Meursault notices that it is very hot on the bus that is taking him from Algiers to the retirement home where his mother lived; so hot that he falls asleep. Later, while waiting for the wake to begin, the harsh electric lights in the room make him extremely uncomfortable, so he gratefully accepts the coffee the caretaker offers him and smokes a cigarette. The same burning sun that so oppresses him during the funeral walk will once again blind the calm, reserved Meursault as he walks along a deserted beach a few days later-leading him to commit an irreparable act. Camus's classic novel The Stranger portrays an enigmatic man who commits a senseless crime and then calmly, and apparently indifferently, sits through his trial and hears himself condemned to death., Vintage, 3, NY: Vintage Books. Good with no dust jacket. 1956. Paperback. Used ., Vintage Books, 1956, 2.5, Vintage. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages., Vintage, 3<

1991, ISBN: 9780394702230

Vintage Books. Good. 1957. Paperback. 0394702239 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 147 pages ., Vintage Books, 1957, 2.5, Vintage Books, May 1991. Paperback. Used - Very Good., Vintage Book… Meer...

Vintage Books. Good. 1957. Paperback. 0394702239 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 147 pages ., Vintage Books, 1957, 2.5, Vintage Books, May 1991. Paperback. Used - Very Good., Vintage Books, 3, Paperback. Very Good., 3, New York: Vintage Books. Good with no dust jacket. 1956. Paperback., Vintage Books, 1956, 2.5, New York: Vintage Books. Good with no dust jacket. 1956. Paperback., Vintage Books, 1956, 2.5, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1963. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1963, 2.5<

ISBN: 9780394702230

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1963. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or … Meer...

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1963. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1963, 2.5<