La Chute (or The Fall) is a novella written by Albert Camus. Released in 1956, it is comprised of various monologues and tells of a lawyer's moral fall.
Characters[]
- Jean-Baptise Clamence - the narrator of the novel, an extremely judgemental lawyer
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Publisher's summary[]
A philosophical novel described by fellow existentialist Sartre as 'perhaps the most beautiful and the least understood' of his novels, Albert Camus' The Fall is translated by Robin Buss in Penguin Modern Classics.
Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil. Over several drunken nights in an Amsterdam bar, he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. From this successful former lawyer and seemingly model citizen a compelling, self-loathing catalogue of guilt, hypocrisy and alienation pours forth. The Fall (1956) is a brilliant portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence. But beyond depicting one man's disillusionment, Camus's novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities - for our innocence that, once lost, can never be recaptured...
See also[]
| Title | Author | Release date | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Stranger | Albert Camus | 1942 | A novella by the same author with similar themes |
| Nausea | Jean-Paul Sartre | 1938 | An Existential novel with similar themes |
| Mantissa | John Fowles | 1982 | A novel with a similar format |
| As I Lay Dying | William Faulkner | 1930 | Another major novel in the present tense |