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Le mythe de Sisyphe

1942122 x 190 mm

FIRST EDITION.
RARE REVIEW COPY

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Le Mythe de Sisyphe - Essai sur l'absurde.

FIRST EDITION.
PRESENTATION COPY : P.S. printed on title page and back cover.
There is also 15 numbered copies on pur-fil.

The book, printed in full world war on September 22, 1942 in 2750 copies, was put on sale on October 16, six months after the release of The Stranger (L'Étranger). The idea was born in May 1936 and it took five years for Camus to finalize the idea. Essay on the absurdThe second part of the cycle will be completed by two plays, Caligula and The Misunderstanding (1944).

Rare copy of this fragile book here in good condition.

 

Paris,Gallimard,1942.in-12, Softcover122 x 190 mm,168 pp.

Spine faded, a little wrinkled but not lack.