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Exile and the Kingdom
Exile and the Kingdom
Author: Albert Camus
From a variety of masterfully rendered perspectives, these six stories depict people at painful odds with the world around them. A wife can only surrender to a desert night by betraying her husband. An artist struggles to honor his own aspirations as well as society's expectations of him. A missionary brutally converted to the worship of a trib...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780307278586
ISBN-10: 0307278581
Publication Date: 2/13/2007
Pages: 192
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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There are six stories in this book. The Guest I read in college and again a few years ago; it being the only one that I enjoyed and somewhat understood. The Adulterous Woman, somewhat reminds me of Paul Bowles The Sheltering Sky, although this womans infidelity is performed in a metaphorically manner. If you got past the revulsion of Kafkas In the Penal Colony you will find The Renegade to be a piece of cake. The Silent Men was so exhilarating that I cant even remember what it was about. The only way that I can describe The Artist At Work is worthless. And, finally, The Growing Stone had some merit, yet I cant excuse its droning on and on to get to the point.
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