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Summary: Camus failed with this one
Review: Nobody can deny that camus was a true litterary prize and an intellectual. His essays, the stranger, the plague, and the other books are fantastic. The Fall, however, isn't. The point of view from which the novel is written makes reading tedious and confusing at times, while the message drags along. Camus made great comments on society, but in this book do we really care what he's saying?
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Summary: confusion arose while reading this
Review: I had to read this book for my Lit. class and I'm in 12th grade and I found it very confusing, yet it made me think about what sins I have made. I have never read a Camus piece before, but the whole written in 2nd person thing kinda makes me lose interest in the plot.
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST
Review: CAMUS BRILLIANCE SHINES... PLAIN AND SIMPLE, GETS RIGHT TO THE POINT....ESSENTIAL TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN AN INTRO TO CAMUS. SHOULD BE A PRE-REQUISITE FOR ANY OF THE ESSAYS. IE. THE REBEL, THE MYTH..
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Review: The least memorable Camus novel that I have read. The other books are more interesting as pieces of literary art, I think; by the time I got around to reading this novel, I'd already been through the whole "morality as empty formality" thing a number of times. And as I remember it (it's been a while), the brunt of the book is simply building up to and expounding on this idea. None of this is to say that it is a bad book; it is worth reading. Some may find it extremely rewarding. But I can't say it's a personal favorite.
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Summary: One of the most thoughtful, provocative books in print.
Review: I liked the book so much I optioned a stage adaptation of THE FALL and it (a U.S. premiere) just opened to rave reviews at the Playhouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Runs for three weekends until October 10th. Camus' grandaughter Elizabeth who lives and practices law in Nice, France attended the opening and was impressed with the production. I find it amazing at how many Camus fans there are.
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Summary: What Can I Say?
Review: Just read it and you will see. It's short and won't take much of your time. Go ahead.... Do it....
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Summary: This is the best !
Review: An excellent book! This novel can be a bit confusing because it is a monologue. But every time you read it, you will find something new. This is a very cleverly organized interesting piece of work, in a way similar to Dante's Inferno... After reading this, the view of Amsterdam from the airplane looked exactly like what's been described in the novel--canals were just like circles of hell.
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Summary: Forget The Stranger. This is the man's masterpiece.
Review: Soon after publishing The Fall, Albert Camus won the Nobel Prize for Literature. On the strength of this book alone, he deserved it. As a novel, The Fall improves upon its two predecessors, The Stranger and The Plague, in almost every way. The writing itself is much more confident, full of scathing wit and eloquent outrage. The intertwining of artistic aim and philosophical conviction is utterly seamless. Neither is compromised, as they were at times in the earlier works. Rather, both art and philosophy are employed here to serve the STORY. In short, The Fall delivers on what Camus had always promised- a masterful work of literature that also FORCES the reader to examine his/her life. Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a "good guy." He uses his abilities as a lawyer to protect the poor and weak. When asked, he helps blind people across the street. Wherever one finds a righteous cause, he appears to support it. He is a well-respected member of the community. Could one truly find SERIOUS fault with such a person? Well, as of late, Clamence has had a slight problem: he has felt the need to be honest, both with others and himself. The truth often leads people to strange places, and so Clamence, formerly rich and recently disgraced, finds himself at a sailors' bar in Amsterdam. Here, he finally comes clean about his life and his actions (one and the same, possibly?). He's no criminal, surely not, or not the WORST kind anyway. His crime is much more insidious, and it consists of what we are all guilty of: he is two-faced. His purest acts of selflessness are actually forms of self-deception, for they mask that in the end, he is really satisfying himself. The purest altruism hides a secret loathing of those he "helps"; the deepest, most self-sacrificial love conceals a seething desire to dominate. In this dingy bar, Clamence unburdens himself, not just of his "crimes," but of the author's (catch the quote at the beginning of the book) and humanity's too. Only a strong (and dishonest) reader can finish this book without cringing in self-recognition at the daily hypocrisies that add up to the modern human condition. Camus does not necessarily counsel despair though. At different points in The Fall, one can see the ever-present potential of humanity to better itself. What Camus does doubt though is the general willingness of people (himself included) to make the personal choices needed to truly bring ABOUT this "betterment." The Fall is not entirely bleak reading. In several places, it is laugh-out-loud funny (No! Surely not sober Camus...), displaying the humour of a barroom Voltaire. Moreover, few could fail to delight in the sheer craft and elegance of the author's prose. Still, the book does raise searing questions about how to live (or waste) one's life. If one has been "sleepwalking" before reading The Fall, it will be almost impossible to do afterwards. Wake up with this brilliant, unsparing slap in the collective face of mankind (including me....)! (Note to above confused reviewer: the book is written in the SECOND PERSON.)
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Summary: Confusion reigns while reading this book.
Review: The Fall was assigned to me for a book report, and while reading it I constantly find myself nodding off. I can't tell who's doing what or who's saying what.
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Summary: be honest
Review: O come on, this book was boring and convoluted and you know it. It's just a stream of introverted thought. It's like "notes from the underground" except nothing happens. I love you Camus but give us a break
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