The First Man

Synopsis

From the nobel prize-winning author comes the story of jacques cormery, a boy who lived a life much like his own, with the sights, sounds and textures of a childhood steeped in poverty and a father's death yet redeemed by the beauty of algeria and the boy's attachment to his mother. "a work of genius. " —the new yorker published thirty-five years after its discovery amid the wreckage of the car accident that killed camus, the first man is the brilliant consummation of the life and work of one of the 20th century's greatest novelists. Translated from the french by david hapgood.