{"product_id":"the-fall-albert-camus-1956-vintage-books-paperback","title":"The Fall - Albert Camus - 1956 Vintage Books Paperback","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:\u003cbr\u003e• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover\u003cbr\u003e• Creases, marks, or tears on pages or dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e• Possible remainder marks or previous owner’s name\/notes inside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJUSTIN O'BRIEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlurb\u003c\/strong\u003e: “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE FALL \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea novel by ALBERT CAMUS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated by Justin O'Brien\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlbert Camus, in his first work of fiction after The Plague, chose a subject eminently worthy of his supreme gifts: the conscience of modern man in the face of evil. Masterful in style and form, the narrative of The Fall is at once elegant, mordant, brilliant with aphorism and paradox.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a shady bar in Amsterdam, the man who does the talking in The Fall is indulging in a calculated contession. He recalls his past life as a respected Parisian lawyer, a pleader of noble causes, secure in his self-esteem, privately a libertine, yet apparently immune to judgment-the portrait of a modern Man. The irony of the recital predicts the downfall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInescapable, it comes in the narrator's intense dis-covery, in the space of one terrible and unforgettable instant, that no man is innocent and no man may therefore judge others from a standpoint of righteousness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlbert Camus in The Fall created a magnificent work, here superbly translated by Justin O Brien, which secured its author's place as a great moralist as well as a great writer of our time.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49137466736882,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/files\/21139CCC-B5F5-409F-946B-691ED6115272.jpg?v=1777830186","url":"https:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/products\/the-fall-albert-camus-1956-vintage-books-paperback","provider":"Postmarked from the Stars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}