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Le Premier Homme (Folio, 10851) by Albert Camus, (1913-1960) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Le Premier Homme (Folio, 10851) about?

"The First Man is a radiant, deeply moving novel of childhood. Camus intended it as the opening book of a projected epic - his War and Peace - but in its storytelling magic and its evocative power, it has a satisfying completeness on its own, covering, as it does, the years of Camus's childhood in Algeria. As he recaptures memories of growing up fatherless with a deaf-mute mother and an illiterate, tyrannical grandmother, Camus renders the poverty of a working-class neighborhood transcended by all the sensuous pleasures that nourish this boy's young life - the escapes to the beach and to the soccer fields with his schoolmates, the joyous hunting expeditions in the backcountry with his uncle and his cronies, the sounds and smells of the streets and docks of Belcourt, the delights of the sun and the sea, and his overwhelming love for his silent mother. Throughout there is the undercurrent of a frustrating search for a father and the awareness of the escalating tension between Algeria and France. But with the miraculous intervention of a wise schoolteacher, the future suddenly opens up."--BOOK JACKET.

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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Albert Camus, (1913-1960)
Publisher
French and European Publications Inc
Published
2001
Language
FR
ISBN
9782070401017
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Romance, Fiction, Memoir
Rating
3.93 / 5 (196 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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