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The Fall (Vintage International) by [Camus, Albert]

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by Albert Camus (Author), Justin O'Brien (Translator)

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File Size: 2225 KB
Print Length: 162 pages
Publisher: Vintage (September 19, 2012)
Publication Date: September 19, 2012
Language: English
ASIN: B0092EE8RG
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The blemishes within us

October 16, 2012

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"The Fall" is a novel, which tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Clamence, a judge residing in Amsterdam. Throughout "The Fall" the reader witnesses Clamence turn from a respected Parisian lawyer and champion of noble causes, into a man whose history haunts him around every turn. Essentially, the reader witnesses a good mans progress thwarted by blemishes of his past.

The central idea behind this novel is to show the reader that they mustn't draw conclusions on those around them, because everyone has faults and blemishes of their own.

Meanwhile, the progression of "The Fall" is rapidly thrown at you through dense and often times vague sequences of events, which, explores the themes of innocence, non-existence, and truth.

The most interesting aspect of "The Fall" was Camus's ability to make the reader into a character in the novel, he does this through the perspective of second person, yet he used a first person present tense. In doing so, Jean-Baptise Clamence is directly talking to the reader.

In short, "The Fall" is something that I recommend to people who are looking for a literary challenge of sorts. I say this because the book is far from a page turner, there are times often within the first 60 pages where you will wonder why you are reading such a book, however, if you finish the novel it will leave you thinking way after the last sentence. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

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November 11, 2016

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Listen here you bastards, this print looks like a 10 year old made it in school. The typography is garbage, and the whole book looks like a cheap little turd. It's impossible to read because the print is so small, I'm assuming to save on paper costs, but that's bulls*** because the margins are terribly set. I'm 24 with good eyesight and I can't read this book, looks like it has windows 99 "arial" font. I'll get back to you when I get a microscope for further study.
I was gonna gripe to the publisher, or the person who made it, but there's no information in here at all. This is a bootleg of a real book.

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Connor M. Callaghan

Excellent, albeit difficult, read

September 4, 2017

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Excellent read, beautiful prose but it's also pretty dense. As short as it is, it still takes some time to get through because it's tough to absorb more than 20-30 pages at a time. Some brilliant quotes though. "The lowest man in the social scale still has his wife or his child. If he’s unmarried, a dog. The essential thing, after all, is being able to get angry with someone who has no right to talk back." I personally enjoyed Camus' novels better such as "The Stranger" and "The Plague."

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trip to self realization gone wrong.

September 17, 2015

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Great essay on the vanity embedded at the core of the human and how even after a very thorough trip of self discovery a person can still manage to put himself before others as a means of self idealization.... I realized I am rotten, but having the realization makes me better than you who have not even realized it....

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Superb Dramatic Monologue

June 11, 2007

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As others have stated so far this is an interesting and deep novel, one that drags you into its questionable and illusory narration through the use of the first person monologue. With this in mind, the novel becomes necessarily more complex and demands the reader's attention at all times. Nothing should be taken for granted - not the speaker's ideologies, professed history, and certainly not the way in which he is talking to another character. The manner in which the tone and companionship moves throughout the novel is as important as anything else - do not for a second fall into the persistent trap of thinking that Monsieur Clamence is speaking to you, the reader.

The novel requires no extensive knowledge of philosophic topics in order to be appreciated, however, having that knowledge will only enrich the experience. Anyone with an interest in ethics, social roles, confession or simple artistic capability will enjoy this short, but dense novel.

On a final note, the novel presents a startling insight into the nature and power of confession, which is ultimately what Clamence is performing (reliable or not). Foucault's the History of Sexuality Part 1 speaks to this matter, one which is every bit as pertinent to the content and experience of *The Fall* as is any other philosophic or artistic reference, and one that is consistently relevant.

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Amoral and important.

January 2, 2017

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Camus was writing soon after WWll: much of this novel is referencing that horrific event, so there is an historical perspective to take into consideration.
However, universal truths are present and the narrator is vividly real and contemporary and the writing powerful.
One reads Camus for the lucidity of the absurd.

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Do Not Buy This Version - Cheap Copy

January 22, 2018

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This is not reflection on the book. This is a home-produced photocopy. The print is grey, and almost illegible. It is a cheaply produced knock-off with no publishing information on the inside cover.

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The delusion of innocence

July 15, 2016

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Camus writes of our instinct to perceive ourselves as innocent, he convinces that this is nearly as basic as perceiving ourselves as hungary or sated.

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The print is sooo small- you need a magnifying glass to read this book!
Plus there’s footnote numbers- but no footnotes!

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it is a great book. ought to read

Published 8 months ago

Bleh, boring and heavy handed

I'd a Camus fan, but found The Fall heavy-handed, self-indulgent, poorly executed (or maybe the translation is poor), and just plain boring.Read more

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Great item! Will shop again.

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Loved The Stranger but I really did not like this ...

Loved The Stranger but I really did not like this one. A rambling philosophy essay that has tendrils of a story intermixed into it.

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