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  • Published: 6 March 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141914251
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 128

Exile and the Kingdom

Stories





First new translation since publication of Albert Camus's story collection

The stories of Exile and the Kingdom explore the dilemma of being an outsider - even in one's own country - and of allegiance. With intense power and lyricism, Camus evokes beautiful but harsh landscapes, whether the shimmering deserts of his native Algeria or the wild, mysterious jungles of Brazil.

Here a Frenchwoman is gradually seduced by the sheer difference of North Africa, a mutilated renegade is driven mad by the cruelty of his own people, and a barrel-maker watches the slow decline of his craft. A kindly teacher must choose between the law and a life, while a modest painter is out of his depth in the hypocrisy of the art world, and a French engineer discovers a new sense of belonging in a distant land.

  • Published: 6 March 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141914251
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 128

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