{"product_id":"camus-at-combat-writing-1944-1947-paperback","title":"Camus at \"combat\": Writing 1944-1947 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlbert Camus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Lévi-Valensi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eArthur Goldhammer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis is firing all its ammunition into the August night. Against a vast backdrop of water and stone, on both sides of a river awash with history, freedom's barricades are once again being erected. Once again justice must be redeemed with men's blood.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Albert Camus (1913-1960) wrote these words in August 1944, as Paris was being liberated from German occupation. Although best known for his novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/i\u003e, it was his vivid descriptions of the horrors of the occupation and his passionate defense of freedom that in fact launched his public fame. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, for the first time in English, \u003ci\u003eCamus at 'Combat'\u003c\/i\u003e presents all of Camus' World War II resistance and early postwar writings published in \u003ci\u003eCombat\u003c\/i\u003e, the resistance newspaper where he served as editor-in-chief and editorial writer between 1944 and 1947. These 165 articles and editorials show how Camus' thinking evolved from support of a revolutionary transformation of postwar society to a wariness of the radical left alongside his longstanding strident opposition to the reactionary right. These are poignant depictions of issues ranging from the liberation, deportation, justice for collaborators, the return of POWs, and food and housing shortages, to the postwar role of international institutions, colonial injustices, and the situation of a free press in democracies. The ideas that shaped the vision of this Nobel-prize winning novelist and essayist are on abundant display. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e More than fifty years after the publication of these writings, they have lost none of their force. They still speak to us about freedom, justice, truth, and democracy.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for the French edition: \"A wonderful book. In 1944 Camus had already published \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Sisyphus\u003c\/i\u003e. But it was his daily editorials in the resistance newspaper \u003ci\u003eCombat\u003c\/i\u003e that made him famous, and he emerged from the war as a moral and intellectual leader of postwar France.\"\u003cb\u003e--Alice Kaplan, Duke University, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacqueline Lévi-Valensi\u003c\/b\u003e (1932-2004) was Emeritus Professor and Dean of Literature at University de Picardie, in Amiens, and France's leading scholar on Camus. \u003cb\u003eDavid Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of French at the University of California, Irvine. His books include \u003ci\u003eFrench Literary Fascism\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton). \u003cb\u003eArthur Goldhammer\u003c\/b\u003e has translated more than ninety books from the French. In 1996 he was named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.22 x 6.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47452267511986,"sku":"9780691133768","price":66.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/78928acf60134db9bcd79fbf863675ab.webp?v=1778812159","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/camus-at-combat-writing-1944-1947-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}