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Name: La Chute
Rating: 3.63829787234 (47 reviews)
Author: Albert Camus

A quiet bar in Amsterdam becomes the setting for a startling confession: a man, once a respected Parisian lawyer known for championing noble causes and securing triumph in love and law, now presents himself as a judicial penitent. Over glasses of Genere and amid the city's concentric canals, he recounts his past, the life that once seemed unassailable. As his tale unfolds, each ambiguity intensifies, motives surface, and past triumphs unravel, painting a sharp portrait of personal decay. Camus’s final work in life is a biting narrative marked by keen irony, examining the abyss of modern human morality.

First publish date: March 12, 1963

Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature

Authors: Albert Camus

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