(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965).

FIRST EDITION. A fascinating look into the mind of Camus, winner of the Nobel prize for literature in 1957. "This volume, written at the height of his career as a novelist, constitutes more of an involuntary self-portrait, revealing a conscience tormented throughout this dark decade of history by the need to find an ethic in an absurd world... A generation has looked to Camus as the conscience of our time; here we see what fed that spirit, how even frailty forged that strength." - Knopf. Item #34796

First American edition. 8vo, original dark red cloth lettered in blue and gilt on spine and upper cover, in the original pictorial dustjacket. (10), 274 pp. A fine copy of the book. The jacket with just a tiny bit of edgewear.