The Resource Looking for the stranger : Albert Camus and the life of a literary classic, Alice Kaplan
Looking for the stranger : Albert Camus and the life of a literary classic, Alice Kaplan
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- Summary
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- "A National Book Award-finalist biographer tells the story of how a young man in his 20s who had never written a novel turned out a masterpiece that still grips readers more than 70 years later and is considered a rite of passage for readers around the world, "--NoveList
- Since its publication in France in 1942, Camus's novel has been translated into sixty languages and sold more than six million copies. If the twentieth century produced a novel that could be called ubiquitous, The Stranger is it. How did a young man in his twenties who had never written a novel turn out a masterpiece that still grips readers more than seventy years later? Here, Alice Kaplan tells that story. In the process, she reveals Camus's achievement to have been even more impressive--and more unlikely--than even his most devoted readers knew. Born in poverty in colonial Algeria, Camus started out as a journalist covering the criminal courts. The murder trials he attended, Kaplan shows, would be a major influence on the development and themes of The Stranger. She follows Camus to France, and, making deft use of his diaries and letters, re-creates his lonely struggle with the novel in Montmartre, where he finally hit upon the unforgettable first-person voice that enabled him to break through and complete The Stranger. Even then, the book's publication was far from certain. France was straining under German occupation, and Camus himself was seriously ill with tuberculosis. Yet the book did appear, thanks in part to a resourceful publisher, Gaston Gallimard, who was undeterred by paper shortages and Nazi censorship. It wasn't until after liberation that The Stranger began its meteoric rise. As France and the rest of the world began to move out of the shadow of war, Camus's book became a critical and commercial success, and Camus found himself one of the most famous writers in the world. Suddenly, his seemingly modest tale of alienation was being seen for what it really was: a powerful parable of the absurd, an existentialist masterpiece. Few books inspire devotion and excitement the way The Stranger does, and it couldn't have a better biographer than Alice Kaplan.--Adapted from dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 289 pages
- Contents
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- Prologue
- A bonfire
- From Belcourt to Hydra
- A first try
- The novel he didn't know he was writing
- A reporter on the beat
- Any person condemned to death shall have his head cut off
- The absurd
- A first chapter
- What he carried
- Writing part I
- Already traced within me
- Exodus
- Rue d'Arzew
- A jealous teacher and a generous comrade
- Resolve
- The Malraux factor
- A reader's report
- Gallimard's war
- The stranger is born
- Recovery
- From the absurd to revolt
- Above ground
- Existentialist twins
- Consecration in New York
- A book for everyone
- What's in a name?
- Epilogue: l'écho d'Oran
- Isbn
- 9780226241678
- Label
- Looking for the stranger : Albert Camus and the life of a literary classic
- Title
- Looking for the stranger
- Title remainder
- Albert Camus and the life of a literary classic
- Statement of responsibility
- Alice Kaplan
- Subject
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- Authors, French -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Camus, Albert, 1913-1960
- Camus, Albert, 1913-1960
- Camus, Albert, 1913-1960
- Art appreciation
- France
- HISTORY -- Europe -- France
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | French
- Philosophers
- Philosophers -- France -- Biography
- Étranger (Camus, Albert)
- Camus, Albert, 1913-1960 -- Appreciation
- Authors, French
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "A National Book Award-finalist biographer tells the story of how a young man in his 20s who had never written a novel turned out a masterpiece that still grips readers more than 70 years later and is considered a rite of passage for readers around the world, "--NoveList
- Since its publication in France in 1942, Camus's novel has been translated into sixty languages and sold more than six million copies. If the twentieth century produced a novel that could be called ubiquitous, The Stranger is it. How did a young man in his twenties who had never written a novel turn out a masterpiece that still grips readers more than seventy years later? Here, Alice Kaplan tells that story. In the process, she reveals Camus's achievement to have been even more impressive--and more unlikely--than even his most devoted readers knew. Born in poverty in colonial Algeria, Camus started out as a journalist covering the criminal courts. The murder trials he attended, Kaplan shows, would be a major influence on the development and themes of The Stranger. She follows Camus to France, and, making deft use of his diaries and letters, re-creates his lonely struggle with the novel in Montmartre, where he finally hit upon the unforgettable first-person voice that enabled him to break through and complete The Stranger. Even then, the book's publication was far from certain. France was straining under German occupation, and Camus himself was seriously ill with tuberculosis. Yet the book did appear, thanks in part to a resourceful publisher, Gaston Gallimard, who was undeterred by paper shortages and Nazi censorship. It wasn't until after liberation that The Stranger began its meteoric rise. As France and the rest of the world began to move out of the shadow of war, Camus's book became a critical and commercial success, and Camus found himself one of the most famous writers in the world. Suddenly, his seemingly modest tale of alienation was being seen for what it really was: a powerful parable of the absurd, an existentialist masterpiece. Few books inspire devotion and excitement the way The Stranger does, and it couldn't have a better biographer than Alice Kaplan.--Adapted from dust jacket
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- ICU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kaplan, Alice Yaeger
- Dewey number
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- 848/.91409
- B
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PQ2605.A3734
- LC item number
- Z6694 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Camus, Albert
- Camus, Albert
- Camus, Albert
- Camus, Albert
- Camus, Albert
- Camus, Albert
- Authors, French
- Philosophers
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Art appreciation
- Authors, French
- Philosophers
- France
- Label
- Looking for the stranger : Albert Camus and the life of a literary classic, Alice Kaplan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-264) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- A bonfire -- From Belcourt to Hydra -- A first try -- The novel he didn't know he was writing -- A reporter on the beat -- Any person condemned to death shall have his head cut off -- The absurd -- A first chapter -- What he carried -- Writing part I -- Already traced within me -- Exodus -- Rue d'Arzew -- A jealous teacher and a generous comrade -- Resolve -- The Malraux factor -- A reader's report -- Gallimard's war -- The stranger is born -- Recovery -- From the absurd to revolt -- Above ground -- Existentialist twins -- Consecration in New York -- A book for everyone -- What's in a name? -- Epilogue: l'écho d'Oran
- Control code
- ocn936350604
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 289 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226241678
- Lccn
- 2016008498
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780226241678
- (OCoLC)936350604
- Label
- Looking for the stranger : Albert Camus and the life of a literary classic, Alice Kaplan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-264) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- A bonfire -- From Belcourt to Hydra -- A first try -- The novel he didn't know he was writing -- A reporter on the beat -- Any person condemned to death shall have his head cut off -- The absurd -- A first chapter -- What he carried -- Writing part I -- Already traced within me -- Exodus -- Rue d'Arzew -- A jealous teacher and a generous comrade -- Resolve -- The Malraux factor -- A reader's report -- Gallimard's war -- The stranger is born -- Recovery -- From the absurd to revolt -- Above ground -- Existentialist twins -- Consecration in New York -- A book for everyone -- What's in a name? -- Epilogue: l'écho d'Oran
- Control code
- ocn936350604
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 289 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226241678
- Lccn
- 2016008498
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780226241678
- (OCoLC)936350604
Subject
- Authors, French -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Biography
- Camus, Albert, 1913-1960
- Camus, Albert, 1913-1960
- Camus, Albert, 1913-1960
- Art appreciation
- France
- HISTORY -- Europe -- France
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | French
- Philosophers
- Philosophers -- France -- Biography
- Étranger (Camus, Albert)
- Camus, Albert, 1913-1960 -- Appreciation
- Authors, French
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