Albert Camus and the Human Crisis, by Robert Emmet Meagher

Robert Eaglestone reflects on the limits of hagiography

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December 16, 2021

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Albert Camus, illustrating a review of ‘Albert Camus and the Human Crisis’ by Robert Emmet Meagher (Pegasus Books)

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