Notebooks, 1942-1951

by Albert Camus and Justin O'Brien

Book Overview

From 1935 until his death, Albert Camus kept a series of notebooks to sketch out ideas for future works, record snatches of conversations and excerpts from books he was reading, and jot down his reflections on death and the horror of war, his feelings about women and loneliness and art, and his appreciations for the Algerian sun and sea. These three volumes, now available together for the first time in paperback, include all entries made from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566638739
• ISBN13: 9781566638739
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Brilliant Thoughts Leading Everywhere

Most of the kernels in Camus's notebooks could be the seeds for short stories or even novels. He was brilliant and far less sombre in these notes than in the great novels and essays. For those who think Camus merely a son of Kafka, these errant thoughts provide showers of sparks for the mind.

A Little Gem

A wonderful collection of the random thoughts of a brilliant writer..he later used these notes to create his masterpieces, unforgettable and poignant, a treasure to have in one's library.