Camus, A Romance - Rilegato

Hawes, Elizabeth

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ISBN 10: 0802118895 ISBN 13: 9780802118899

Casa editrice: Grove Pr, 2009

Riassunto

The author chronicles the life of the French-Algerian writer--his work on a World War II resistance newspaper, his relationships with many women, his writer's search of a truer voice, and more--alongside her own experience following in his footsteps, meeting his loved ones, and trying to enter his solitude.

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Recensione:

What Hawes does brilliantly is bring to life Camus the human being...a delicately perceptive text.” Wendy Smith, Los Angeles Times

A beautiful memoir of a life-long obsession a rich and vivid portrait of Camus himself.” Harper’s Magazine

[A] memoir of literary obsession that aesthetic wreck at the intersection of biography, confession, literary criticism, travelogue, love letter, and detective story.” Sam Anderson, New York Magazine

A rich hybrid of biography, literary criticism, intellectual history and memoir [an] intriguing, multi-faceted portrait.” Heller McAlpin, The Washington Post

A statement about reading and its long-lasting effect on a reader’s sponge-like psyche a fascinating spin on the mere biographies others produce.” David Finkle, The Huffington Post

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Book by Hawes Elizabeth

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• Editore: Grove Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0802118895
• ISBN 13: 9780802118899
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 319