Jatin reviewed The fall by Albert Camus (Vintage international)
Review of 'The fall' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Feels like it'd be more interesting in some other medium.
Paperback, 147 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 1991 by Vintage Books.
4 stars
(47 reviews)
Mordant, brilliant, elegantly styled, The Fall is a novel Of the conscience Of modern man in the face of evil. In a seedy bar in Amsterdam, Clamence. an expatriate Frenchman, indulges in a calculated confession. He recalls his past life as a respected Parisian lawyer, a champion of noble causes, and, privately, a libertine—yet one apparently immune to judgment. As his narrative unfolds, ambiguities amass; every triumph reveals a failure, every motive a hidden treachery. The irony of his recital anticipates his downfall — and implicates us all.
Deuce reviewed The fall by Albert Camus (Vintage international)
Review of 'The fall' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I hardly survived the heresy and chaos of this work.
Some things are questionable in translation and for I don't speak French - I am supposed to blame the translators and editors for making a lousy job...unless the essay itself is utter nonsense.
I did find a couple of good ideas though, it resonates a lot practically with everyone as it manages to describe you and no one at the same time.
Oh, and I came for the quote, the one about that scatterbrained woman and her patron cursed by boredom. I am still finding this short piece remarkable.
