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Grove Press
July 2009
On Sale: July 1, 2009
304 pages
ISBN: 0802118895
EAN: 9780802118899
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Non-Fiction Biography
Elizabeth Hawesβs passionate pursuit of Camus began with her college thesis. A biography-memoir, Camus, a Romance reveals the man behind the famous name: the French-Algerian of humble birth and Mediterranean passions; the TB-stricken exile who edited the World War II resistance newspaper Combat; the pied noir in anguish over the Algerian War; the Don Juan who loved a multitude of women; the writer in search of a truer voice. These form only the barest outlines of the rich tapestry of Camusβs life, which Elizabeth Hawes chronicles alongside her own experience following in his footsteps, meeting his friends and family, and trying to enter his solitude.
 Media BuzzDiane Rehm Show - NPR - July 27, 2009
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