{"product_id":"committed-writings-albert-camus","title":"Committed Writings (Albert Camus)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e'To create today means to create dangerously'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new collection contains some of Camus' most brilliant political writing as he reflects on moral responsibility and the role of the artist in the world. \u003ci\u003eLetters to a German Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, written and published underground during the Nazi occupation of France, was born out of Camus' experience in the Resistance and explores what it truly means to love your country. \u003ci\u003eReflections on the Guillotine\u003c\/i\u003e, his impassioned polemic against the death penalty, became a touchstone for the movement to abolish capital punishment, while in his Nobel speeches Camus argues that the artist must engage with dangerous times. Together these powerful pieces express Camus' mistrust of rigid ideologies, and his commitment to human solidarity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Probably no European writer of his time left so deep a mark on the imagination' Conor Cruise O'Brien\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAlbert Camus (1913-60) grew up in a working-class neighbourhood in Algiers. He studied philosophy at the University of Algiers, and became a journalist. His most important works include \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Myth of Sisyphus, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Plague \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Fall\u003c\/i\u003e. After the occupation of France by the Germans in 1941, Camus became one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement. He was killed in a road accident, and his last unfinished novel, \u003ci\u003eThe First Man\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared posthumously.\nJustin O'Brien was the Blanche W. Knopf Professor of French Literature at Columbia University and renowed translator of Anre Gide and Albert Camus, both of whom were his intimate friends.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 160 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65806298382685,"sku":"K087126290","price":12.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/8712629000001A.jpg?v=1788472747","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/committed-writings-albert-camus","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}