The fall /

Camus, Albert, 1913-1960.

The fall / Albert Camus ; translated by Robin Buss. - New ed. - London : Penguin, 2006. - 92 p. ; 20 cm. - Penguin modern classics. . - Penguin modern classics. .

"La Chute first published in 1956" - t.p. verso. This translation first published in Penguin Classics 2006. Translated from the French. This edition published in Penguin Classics 2013.

Summary: Jean-Baptiste Clamence, a successful Parisian barrister, has come to recognize the deep-seated hypocrisy of his existence. His epigrammatic and, above all, discomforting monologue gradually saps, then undermines, the reader's own complacency.

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Lawyers--France--Fiction.
French fiction--20th century--Translations into English.
French fiction--20th century.


Paris (France)--Fiction.

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