La Chute - Albert Camus (1917)

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A sailor's bar in Amesterdão, a homem who introduces himself as a juiz-penitente in a conversation with a disconcerted one. Between flakes of Genebra and wanderings along the streets of the city of concentric canals, to make the circles of hell, he remembers his life spent as a respected Parisian lawyer, unsurpassed in the defense of noble causes and amorous conquests. But as the confession unfolds, the ambiguities accumulate, the hidden motives are revealed, the triumphs are unraveled.
Biting narrative, with brilliant irony, A queda descreve uma voyage de decadence até às more obscuras infâmias do homem modern. First published in 1956, it was the last fiction book released during Albert Camus' lifetime.
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Consciousness, Continental European Fiction (fiction works by an author), Existentialism, Psychological fiction, French fiction, French language, French literature, Legal stories, literary fiction, Nobel Prize, French novel, Philosophy, Romance literature, Social ethics, English translations, Psychological fiction, La chute (Camus), Readers, Existentialism, Romans, nouvelles, Philosophie, Roman français, Novelists FrenchPeople
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"MAY 1, sir, offer my services without risking meddling?"