Summary
Albert Camus: The Fall
But in addition to depicting the disappointment of one man, Camus's novel reveals the universal human condition and its absurdities - primarily the absurdity of innocence that, once lost, can never be regained.
The Fall is a philosophical novel that Sartre described as "perhaps the most beautiful and least understood" work of Camus. Jean-Baptiste is a soul in turmoil. A compelling, devastating catalog of guilt, hypocrisy and alienation emerges from this once-successful lawyer and seemingly exemplary citizen over the course of several drunken nights in an Amsterdam bar. The Fall is a great depiction of a man who contemplated the emptiness of his existence.
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