Algerian chronicles / Albert Camus ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer ; with an introduction by Alice Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Camus, Albert, 1913-1960.

Contributor:

Goldhammer, Arthur.

Standardized Title:

Chroniques algeriennes, 1939-1958. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Algeria--Politics and government--20th century.

Algeria.

Algeria--Social conditions--20th century.

Algeria--History--Revolution, 1954-1962.

Physical Description:

154p.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.

Summary:

More than fifty years after Algerian independence, Albert Camus' Algerian Chronicles appears here in English for the first time. Published in France in 1958, the same year the Algerian War brought about the collapse of the Fourth French Republic, it is one of Camus' most political works-an exploration of his commitments to Algeria. Dismissed or disdained at publication, today Algerian Chronicles, with its prescient analysis of the dead end of terrorism, enjoys a new life in Arthur Goldhammer's elegant translation."Believe me when I tell you that Algeria is where I hurt at this moment, " Camus, who was the most visible symbol of France's troubled relationship with Algeria, writes, "as others feel pain in their lungs." Gathered here are Camus' strongest statements on Algeria from the 1930s through the 1950s, revised and supplemented by the author for publication in book form.In her introduction, Alice Kaplan illuminates the dilemma faced by Camus: he was committed to the defense of those who suffered colonial injustices, yet was unable to support Algerian national sovereignty apart from France. An appendix of lesser-known texts that did not appear in the French edition complements the picture of a moralist who posed questions about violence and counter-violence, national identity, terrorism, and justice that continue to illuminate our contemporary world.

Contents:

Preface. The misery of Kabylia. Destitution

Destitution (continued)

Wages

Education

The political future

The economic and social future

Conclusion. Crisis in Algeria. Crisis in Algeria

Famine in Algeria

Ships and justice

The political malaise

The party of the manifesto

Conclusion

Letter to an Algerian militant. Algeria torn. The missing

The round table

A clear conscience

The true surrender

The adversary's reasons

November 1

A truce for civilians

The party of truce

Call for a civilian truce in Algeria. The Maisonseul affair. Letter to Le Monde

Govern! Algeria 1958. Algeria 1958

The new Algeria. Appendix. Indigenous culture : the new Mediterranean culture

Men stricken from the rolls of humanity

Letter from Camus to Le Monde

Draft of a letter to Encounter

Two letters to Rene Coty

The Nobel Prize press conference incident.

Notes:

Originally published in French: Paris : Gallimard, 1958.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674073807

0674073800

9780674073784

0674073789