Noces Suivi De L'Ete (Folio Series: No 16)

Rating:
Summary: A Diamond in the Rough
Review: There's nothing quite like Albert Camus' early writings, "Noces et L'ete" and "L'envers et l'endroit". His poetic essays are so harmonious in style, so rich in imagery, so unique in their perspective, that the reader feels himself a vital part of the world portrayed by the author. Noces et L'ete are all about the stripping of the superfluous weight of civilization and getting in tune with ones primal, inner self. The book takes place in wild, pristine Algeria, where the people are as bare as the climate. Camus worships the sun, the desert, the pervading silence. In each essay he explores a different aspect of life, of his manhood, of his relations to nature and of the society which surrounds him. His writings are all stream-of-consciousness, weaving together thoughts, feelings, experiences and impressions. Perhaps they may lack the refinement of his maturer work, such as The Outsider and The Plague., but they are nonetheless coherent and true to life.