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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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The language of the book are so well written that you can
feel the emotions and spirits permeates from the pages.
This book contains a lot of thoughts that are suprisingly
simple, yet manage to escape us in the course of everyday
life. It is about memories, places, faces and emotions of
an ordinary human being with an extraordinary talent for
life.
" ... there is more love in these awkward pages than in all
those that have followed." (Albert Camus, Preface 1958)
feel the emotions and spirits permeates from the pages.
This book contains a lot of thoughts that are suprisingly
simple, yet manage to escape us in the course of everyday
life. It is about memories, places, faces and emotions of
an ordinary human being with an extraordinary talent for
life.
" ... there is more love in these awkward pages than in all
those that have followed." (Albert Camus, Preface 1958)
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Here is a compilation of the essays that Camus wrote during the entire span of his career.It is branched into 2 categories,& a final chapter dealing more personally with outlooks on life & his works.The lyrical section describes in vivid detail the places that have moved & altered his life profoundly,eloquently relating how & why.It is one of the great literary what-if's if Camus would have done poetry in verse form;judging from the fine,thin & nimble prose that impressively illustrates the simultaneous cause & effect union bet. the man & his nature,he could have been a very good lyric poet,if not a great one.The Critical essays are honest & insightful measurements on the correlation bet. the work that he deals with & it's relevance to life & art.The final section,"Camus On Himself",offer some verifiable insights into the man & his personality.This book could serve as a very impt. introduction or supplement to Camus's entire canon;one could feel very refreshed & informed after reading it.
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26 Mar 1998
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Here is a compilation of the essays that Camus wrote during the entire span of his career.It is branched into 2 categories,& a final chapter dealing more personally with outlooks on life & his works.The lyrical section describes in vivid detail the places that have moved & altered his life profoundly,eloquently relating how & why.It is one of the great literary what-if's if Camus would have done poetry in verse form;judging from the fine,thin & nimble prose that impressively illustrates the simultaneous cause & effect union bet. the man & his nature,he could have been a very good lyric poet,if not a great one.The Critical essays are honest & insightful measurements on the correlation bet. the work that he deals with & it's relevance to life & art.The final section,"Camus On Himself",offer some verifiable insights into the man & his personality.This book could serve as a very impt. introduction or supplement to Camus's entire canon;one could feel very refreshed & informed after reading it.
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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A lyric poet in disguise
2 Nov 2001
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"There is no love of life without despair of life."-These words haunted me when I first read this book nearly ten years ago. I then lent it out, never to be returned. (Ahem, I've become very cautious about lending books out since then.) Anyway, I just recently repurchased this book and reread it, and I still (unlike Camus' himself) regard the LYRICAL essays herein as much more beautiful, powerful and significant than the much touted The Stranger (which I, however, like as well, only on another level.)
It's quotes like the one above and "Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us die." that make this collection of essays Camus' best work.
The Stranger is, indeed, a unique contribution to post-WWII literature. But these essays are unique as well as powerful and beautiful. My bet is that, a century from now, these essays will be remembered long after the "existentialist" vogue has long faded, as Camus' best work.
My apologies to those who worship terse, arid prose. It has its place. But it's not the stuff of truly great literature. The lyrical essays contained herein are.
It's quotes like the one above and "Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us die." that make this collection of essays Camus' best work.
The Stranger is, indeed, a unique contribution to post-WWII literature. But these essays are unique as well as powerful and beautiful. My bet is that, a century from now, these essays will be remembered long after the "existentialist" vogue has long faded, as Camus' best work.
My apologies to those who worship terse, arid prose. It has its place. But it's not the stuff of truly great literature. The lyrical essays contained herein are.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Beautiful and insightfull
12 July 1996
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The language of the book are so well written that you can
feel the emotions and spirits permeates from the pages.
This book contains a lot of thoughts that are suprisingly
simple, yet manage to escape us in the course of everyday
life. It is about memories, places, faces and emotions of
an ordinary human being with an extraordinary talent for
life.
" ... there is more love in these awkward pages than in all
those that have followed." (Albert Camus, Preface 1958)
feel the emotions and spirits permeates from the pages.
This book contains a lot of thoughts that are suprisingly
simple, yet manage to escape us in the course of everyday
life. It is about memories, places, faces and emotions of
an ordinary human being with an extraordinary talent for
life.
" ... there is more love in these awkward pages than in all
those that have followed." (Albert Camus, Preface 1958)
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