{"product_id":"the-first-man-9780679768166","title":"The First Man","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A work of genius.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Published thirty-five years after its discovery amid the wreckage of the car accident that killed Camus, \u003cb\u003eThe First Man\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eThe First Man\u003c\/b\u003e is perhaps the most honest book Camus ever wrote, and the most sensual...Camus is...writing at the depth of his powers...It is \u003cbr\u003e\"Fascinating...\u003cb\u003eThe First Man\u003c\/b\u003e helps put all of Camus's work into a clearer perspective and brings into relief what separates him from the more militant literary personalities of his day...Camus's voice has never been more personal.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Algeria in 1913, Albert Camus published The Stranger-- 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613795881234,"sku":"9780679768166","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e8b151b-9e5e-4b94-8fd3-c70ec66fd448.jpg?v=1737286283","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-first-man-9780679768166","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}