Description: Exile and the Kingdom by Albert Camus. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. 1st American Edition. Third Printing. Translated by Justin O’Brien. Hardcover with dust jacket. Exile and the Kingdom is a collection of six short stories by French writer Albert Camus. The stories were written amid the armed resistance between Algeria and their colonizers, which would later claim over 600,000 lives, displacing thousands more. Many of the stories take place in the deserted, desolate landscape of Camus’ native Algeria, and the emphasis on the isolation and remoteness of this landscape serves as a fitting backdrop to the themes of exile and return, and indeed inclusion and exclusion, throughout. (Alison M Brady, University College London) CONTENTS: THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN THE RENEGADE THE SILENT MEN THE GUEST THE ARTIST AT WORK THE GROWING STONE CONDITION: The book is in acceptable condition. The dust jacket is very worn, ripped, soiled, scuffed, and has water stains. The cover is worn, scuffed, soiled, has water stains, and some discoloration. Pages have turned yellow from age. Foxing to paper commensurate with age. There are water-based stains on the endpapers at the front of the book, and on the Title Page. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Non-Fiction Subject: Literature, Poetry & Criticism
Topics: human loneliness, feeling isolated in one's own society
Book Title: Exile and the Kingdom
Signed: No
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Subject: Short stories, French literature, Fiction, Existential Literature
Year Printed: 1958
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket, Third Printing, 1st Edition
Author: Albert Camus
Region: North Africa, Paris, and Brazil
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: existentialism, loneliness, absurdism, togetherness
Character Family: The Meaning of Existence