The Rebel

The Rebel (1962) by Albert Camus – Peregrine Books Edition
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Existential angst, philosophical revolt, and the sort of deep thinking that makes your head hurt (in a good way) — The Rebel is Albert Camus at his most defiant. First published in 1951 and reissued in this gloriously yellowing 1962 Peregrine paperback, Camus asks the big questions: What happens when man says "no"? What lies at the heart of rebellion, revolution, and resistance? And why does every major ideology seem to go completely off the rails?

In this dense but dazzling work, Camus dissects everything from the French Revolution to Marxism to Nietzsche, with a tone that says, “I’ve had it with all of you, but I’m still going to explain.” It’s the kind of book that was once read in smoky cafés by people with strong opinions and questionable shoes.

Condition: Marginally scuffed, possibly annotated by a tormented undergrad. Smells faintly of stale cigarettes and crushed dreams.

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Well read. I did a few repairs to this, including using some olde paper, although not a match, to reinforce the cover joint to the book block inside, as well as reinforcing the spine a little with glue. Maybe not archival quality, but its pretty good and should make the book a little more durable if you want to take it to the pub or to the park and read it for real as opposied to keeping it behind a glass panel for poeople to gaze at in your mansion.

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