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Daunt Books Children's Short Story Competition 2013

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  The Fall by Albert Camus

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  Trademark existential perfection from Camus. Over the course of a few drunken Amsterdam nights, Jean-Baptiste Clamence regales a chance acquaintance (and us) with the story of his spectacular fall from grace.

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  The Outsider by Albert Camus

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  This existential fable is the story of Meursault, the young murderer of an Arabic man in Algiers, awaiting his trial and execution. It is not this violent act however, that perplexes and horrifies society, but his total lack of feeling: he shows absolutely no remorse for his action or grief at the death of his mother. A thought-provoking, controversial novel deserving of its cult status.

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  The Plague by Albert Camus

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  A classic from Nobel prize-winner Albert Camus, this novel describes how a deadly plague is wreaking havoc among the inhabitants of the Algerian town of Oran. Each victim responds in a different way to the certainty of death: bitter rage, resentment, resignation or positive action. A clever and intriguing exploration of the meaning of life, this novel has also been read as an allegory of French resistance under Nazi occupation.