Albert Camus; Stuart Gilbert [translator]
Caligula and Cross Purpose
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1947. First edition. Cloth. The second impression of the first translated edition of Camus's two plays, Caligula and Cross Purpose. First translated edition. Second impression. Caligula, a play depicting the Emperor of Rome, torn by the death of Drusilla, his sister and lover. In Camus' version of events, Caligula eventually deliberately manipulates his own assassination. Cross Purpose, often published as The Misunderstanding, follows a man who has been living overseas for many years as he returns home to find his sister and widowed mother are making a living by taking in lodgers and murdering them. Since neither recognize him, he becomes a lodger himself without revealing his identity. Written by Albert Camus, an Algerian-born French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert, an English literary scholar and translator. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Original price clipped dust wrapper is very smart with light chipping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.
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