{"product_id":"muerte-feliz-la","title":"A Happy Death","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnpublished during the author's lifetime, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Happy Death\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is Albert Camus's first novel and a notable precursor to \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert Camus wrote \u003ci\u003eA Happy Death\u003c\/i\u003e in 1935, when he was just twenty-three years old. Despite leaving the text almost finished, he never attempted to publish it, and everything indicates that he put it aside to focus on his next project, \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e. Thus, it was not until 1971, eleven years after his death, that the unpublished work came to light. But the wait was not in vain. In its lyrical evocations of the sea and the Mediterranean landscape, \u003ci\u003eA Happy Death\u003c\/i\u003e provides insights into Camus's experience in Algeria, while its plot and characters prefigure the worldview that the author later exposed in his \"cycle of the absurd.\" Read today, this remarkable early novel is not only essential for discovering the first samples of Camus's immense talent, but it is also a fascinating book in its own right.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCritics have said:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e«\u003ci\u003eA Happy Death\u003c\/i\u003e reveals its richness on numerous levels. We find in it multiple flashes of style, and the novel is proof of the diversity that Camus's palette had already acquired, a clear advance in relation to previous texts.»\u003cbr\u003eAgnès Spiquel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e«\u003ci\u003eA Happy Death\u003c\/i\u003e can well be read as the meditation of a young man with no money, who expects to die soon and wonders why he shouldn't do everything necessary to enjoy his last days to the fullest.»\u003cbr\u003eEnglish Showalter\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Albert Camus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43536091414776,"sku":"9788466354967","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/4897\/5608\/products\/P35496A.jpg?v=1671634102","url":"https:\/\/ellector.com.pa\/es\/products\/muerte-feliz-la","provider":"Librerías El Lector Panamá","version":"1.0","type":"link"}