عنوان

Algerian chronicles /

(Number (ISBN

0674072588 (hbk.)

(Number (ISBN

9780674072589 (hbk.)

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Title Proper

Algerian chronicles /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Albert Camus ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer ; with an introduction by Alice Kaplan.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge, Mass. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2013.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 224 p. ;

Dimensions

22 cm.

Text of Note

Translation of: Chroniques algériennes, 1939-1958.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

The misery of Kabylia. Destitution ; Destitution (continued) ; Wages ; Education ; The political future ; The economic and social future ; Conclusion -- Crisis in Algeria. Crisis in Algeria ; Famine in Algeria ; Ships and justice ; The political malaise ; The party of the manifesto ; Conclusion ; Letter to an Algerian militant. Algeria torn. The missing ; The roundtable ; A clear conscience ; The true surrender ; The adversary's reasons ; November 1 ; A truce for civilians ; The party of truce ; Call for a civilian truce in Algeria. The Maisonseul affair. Letter to Le Monde ; Govern! -- Algeria 1958. Algeria 1958 ; The new Algeria.

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Text of Note

"More than fifty years after Algerian independence, Albert Camus's Algerian Chronicles appears here in English for the first time. Published in France in 1958, the same year the Algerian War brought about the collapse of the Fourth French Republic, it is one of Camus's most political works - an exploration of his commitments to Algeria. Dismissed or disdained at publication, today Algerian Chronicles, with its prescient analysis of the dead end of terrorism, enjoys a new life in Arthur Goldhammer's elegant translation. "Believe me when I tell you that Algeria is where I hurt at this moment, as others feel pain in their lungs." writes Camus, who was the most visible symbol of France's troubled relationship with Algeria. Gathered here are Camus's strongest statements on Algeria from the 1930s through the 1950s, revised and supplemented by the author for publication in book form. In her introduction, Alice Kaplan illuminates the dilemma faced by Camus: he was committed to the defense of those who suffered colonial injustices, yet was unable to support Algerian national sovereignty apart from France. An appendix of lesser-known texts that did not appear in the French edition complements the picture of a moralist who posed questions about violence and counter-violence, national identity, terrorism, and justice that continue to illuminate our contemporary world."--Book Jacket.

General Material Designation

Chroniques algériennes, 1939-1958.

Language (when part of a heading)

English

Algeria, History, Revolution, 1954-1962.

Algeria, Politics and government, 20th century.

Algeria, Social conditions, 20th century.

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Book number

Camus, Albert,1913-1960.

Date of Transaction

20140121094325.0

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