The Fall
1st Vintage international ed.
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Author
Publication
1991-03-01 - Vintage International, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
36,750 words, Guess
Page Count
147 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1888948M
- ISBN-139780679720225
- ISBN-100679720227
- OCLC Control Number1054958810
- OCLC Control Number22661871
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Numberfallcamus00camu
- Library of Congress Control Number90050475
- LibraryThing8482
- Goodreads60868577
Classifications
- DDC843/.914
- LCCPQ2605.A3734 C513 1991
Description
Num bar de marinheiros em Amesterdão, um homem que se apresenta como juiz-penitente enceta conversa com um desconhecido. Entre copos de Genebra e deambulações pelas ruas daquela cidade de canais concêntricos, a fazer lembrar os círculos do inferno, recorda a sua vida passada como respeitável advogado parisiense, insuperável na defesa de causas nobres e nas conquistas amorosas. Mas à medida que a confissão se desenrola as ambiguidades acumulam-se, os motivos ocultos revelam-se, os triunfos desabam. Narrativa mordaz, de uma ironia brilhante, A Queda descreve uma viagem de decadência até às mais obscuras infâmias do homem moderno. Publicado pela primeira vez em 1956, foi o último livro de ficção lançado em vida por Albert Camus.
First Sentence
MAY 1, monsieur, offer my services without running the risk of intruding?
Description
Mordant, brilliant, elegantly styled, The Fall is a novel Of the conscience Of modern man in the face of evil. In a seedy bar in Amsterdam, Clamence. an expatriate Frenchman, indulges in a calculated confession. He recalls his past life as a respected Parisian lawyer, a champion of noble causes, and, privately, a libertine—yet one apparently immune to judgment. As his narrative unfolds, ambiguities amass; every triumph reveals a failure, every motive a hidden treachery. The irony of his recital anticipates his downfall — and implicates us all.
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- Vintage international
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