A Happy Death by Albert Camus - 1973

Vintage, 1973-06-12. Paperback. Good.

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UsedAcceptable. Heavy Tanned. Good solid paperback with moderate reading/age wear, may have some light markings, pages may have some mild tanning. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

New York, NY: Vintage Books USA, 1973. Trade paperback. 4. Very good. Text in English, French. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. His Cahier 1. Audience: General/trade. Very Good. Pages are clean and free of marks. Pages are lightly tanned. Cover has slight wear. Back bottom has wear on the edge,.

Vintage. Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Paperback. 0394718658 . His Cahier 1; 7.1 X 4.1 X 0.7 inches; 192 pages .

Vintage Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Paperback. 0394718658 . good condition with minor soiling; LIB2958008277 .

V865. Tight spine has some subtle creasing. Clean, unmarked interior. Some moderate to heavy edge-wear and bumped corners. First published in Paris in 1971 by Éditions Gallimard as La mort heureuse. Afterword and notes by Jean Sarocchi. Cover photo by R. Corbineau. 'And stone among the stones,' ends this novel, often seen as a prototype of The Stranger (its protagonist's name, Mersault, is just one vowel short of Meursault), 'he returned in the joy of his heart to the truth of the motionless worlds.' A Happy Death was written between 1936 and 1938, but didn't see print until more than 30 years later, when Galllimard posthumously released it as the first in a series of the French absurdist's previously unpublished cahiers. The Grove edition's English translator Richard Howard, who shared his New York apartment with a large stuffed gorilla named Mildred, became more openly gay as he aged, once causing W. H. Auden to remark upon hearing Howard take offense at another poet's use of gay and Jewish slurs,… Read More

New York: Vintage Books, 1973. Mass market paperback, 192 pages; very tiny traces of shelf wear, all pages age toned, otherwise in very clean and unmarked unread condition.. Soft Cover. Fine.