Camus, a Romance
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Albert Camus is best known for his contribution to twentieth-century literature. But who was he, beneath the trappings of fame? Camus, a Romance reveals the French-Algerian of humble birth; the TB-stricken exile editing the war resistance newspaper Combat; the pied noir in anguish over the Algerian War; the Don Juan who loved a multitude of women. These form only the barest outlines of Camus’s life, which Elizabeth Hawes chronicles alongside her own experience following in his footsteps. Camus, a Romance is at once biography and memoir—wrought with passion and detail, it is the story not only of Camus, but of the relationship between a reader and a most beloved writer. The Washington Post - Heller McAlpin It's not unusual for biographers to fall in love with their subjects. After all, researching and writing a life is a major commitment, longer and more intimate than some marriages. What is unusual is for a biographer to address a lifelong passion for her subject as directly as Elizabeth Hawes does in Camus, A Romance. She has channeled her ardor into a rich hybrid of biography, literary criticism, intellectual history and memoir. Yet, despite its personal slant, her book's revelations are mainly about Camus.
Prologue: From the Beginning 11 Young in Algeria 152 Moving On 253 To France 514 Paris 1943 695 New York 1946 996 Back to Europe 1257 TB 1498 L'Homme Révolté 1639 Friends 18110 Pursuing Char 19911 The Company of Women 21312 War in Algeria 23513 Fans 25914 Le Premier Homme 271Epilogue 289Acknowledgments 291Permissions 293Photo Credits 295Notes 297Selected Bibliography 315
