{"product_id":"caligula-and-three-other-plays-a-new-translation-by-ryan-bloom-paperback","title":"Caligula and Three Other Plays: A New Translation by Ryan Bloom - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlbert Camus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour thought-provoking masterworks for the theater by the Nobel Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Plague, \u003c\/i\u003e in a restorative new translation by Ryan Bloom that brings together, for the first time in English, Camus's final versions of the plays, along with deleted scenes and alternate lines of dialogue.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though known for his novels that plumb the depths of absurdism, it was the theater stage that Camus called \"one of the only places in the world I'm happy.\" After forming two troupes in his early twenties in Algeria, the prolific author moved to Paris for work, where between 1944-1949 he would go on to stage the four original plays gathered in this collection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaligula, \u003c\/i\u003e his first full-length work for the stage, begins with the infamous Roman emperor in the throes of grief at the death of his sister Drusilla and tugs at the same essential question that haunts so much of Camus's work: Faced with the nullifying force of time, which snuffs out even our grandest emotions, how does one go on living? And is there a limit to the hardness of the human heart? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere too are \u003ci\u003eThe Misunderstanding, \u003c\/i\u003e a murderous tangle of the longing for home and the longing for elsewhere; \u003ci\u003eThe Just, \u003c\/i\u003e depicting the 1905 assassination of a Grand Duke in Moscow and testing the ethical limits of one's belief in a political cause; and \u003ci\u003eState of Emergency\u003c\/i\u003e, an allegorical romp where The Plague itself appears as a central character, shedding new light on our current battles with viral disease and authoritarian regimes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are engaging, often incendiary works, now in fresh English translations that beg to be performed.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Algeria in 1913, \u003cb\u003eAlbert Camus\u003c\/b\u003e published \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e--now one of the most widely read novels of this century--in 1942. Celebrated in intellectual circles, Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. On January 4, 1960, he was killed in a car accident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51988697841965,"sku":"9780593311271","price":20.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/rJfSIy7fA9780593311271.webp?v=1776232230","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/caligula-and-three-other-plays-a-new-translation-by-ryan-bloom-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}