{"product_id":"caligula-by-albert-camus-french","title":"'Caligula' by Albert Camus (French)","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"445\"\u003eTwo of Camus’ major plays in one French-language volume.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"445\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"79\"\u003eCaligula\u003c\/em\u003e, his bleak, lucid study of absolute power, absurd freedom and imperial theatre, followed by \u003cem data-start=\"172\" data-end=\"187\"\u003eLe Malentendu\u003c\/em\u003e, a colder domestic tragedy of exile, misrecognition and murder. These are Camus in dramatic form rather than essay-mode: less “man in a coat thinks beside the sea,” more “everyone discovers meaning is a trapdoor and bureaucracy has already locked the room.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"635\"\u003eA strong pick for readers of existentialism, absurdist theatre, French literature, political violence, and anyone who likes their philosophy staged under bad lighting with no soft landing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"635\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrench-language paperback. \u003cem data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"728\"\u003eCaligula suivi de Le Malentendu\u003c\/em\u003e, Albert Camus. Gallimard \/ Livre de Poche, texte intégral. Copyright page notes Éditions Gallimard, 1958. Good used condition, with visible shelf wear and rubbing to cover; binding appears sound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45447498432595,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-06-06T163428.201.png?v=1780727733","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/caligula-by-albert-camus-french","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}