Albert Camus. Le Minotaure ou La Halte d'Oran. Charlot, 1950. First Edition, Limited Issue. One-thousand three-hundred and forty-three total copies produced. One-hundred and twenty copies were made on pure wood vellum from Papeteries de Rives, Marked Rives 801 to Rives 920, These Latter Copies Being Preserved for the Author. This work is Rives Copy No. 814. 80 pp, 9.75 x 6.5". 

In good condition. Paper covers rubbed at edges and corners. Head and tail of spine scuffed; tail beginning to chip with exposed binding. General shelf-wear to covers, but red and black ink title remains presentable. Light toning through text-block. Binding tight and intact. Numbering found on rear fly-leaf. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. 

Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His most popular works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel. Camus's essay Le Minotaur presents the reader with an unusual landscape of the Algerian city.  The work begins with one of Camus's grand assertions about the state of the world:

  "There are no more deserts. There are no more islands." 

As Camus saw it, deserts were necessary for solitude, and solitude was necessary for greatness. The cultural centers of Europe were too old, too dense and enervated, to provide this kind of isolation. Oran, in Camus's estimation, is the city that has walled itself in, a place "devoid of poetry," therefore perfect for isolation. 

Gift quality! First edition Limited Issue, 1 of 120 personal author works!! 

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