{"product_id":"book-g74d","title":"Camus at \u003ci\u003eCombat\u003c\/i\u003e","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParis is firing all its ammunition into the August night. Against a vast backdrop of water and stone, on both sides of a river awash with history, freedom’s barricades are once again being erected. Once again justice must be redeemed with men’s blood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eAlbert Camus (1913–1960) wrote these words in August 1944, as Paris was being liberated from German occupation. Although best known for his novels including \u003cem\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/em\u003e, it was his vivid descriptions of the horrors of the occupation and his passionate defense of freedom that in fact launched his public fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eNow, for the first time in English, \u003cem\u003eCamus at ‘Combat’\u003c\/em\u003e presents all of Camus’ World War II resistance and early postwar writings published in \u003cem\u003eCombat\u003c\/em\u003e, the resistance newspaper where he served as editor-in-chief and editorial writer between 1944 and 1947. These 165 articles and editorials show how Camus’ thinking evolved from support of a revolutionary transformation of postwar society to a wariness of the radical left alongside his longstanding strident opposition to the reactionary right. These are poignant depictions of issues ranging from the liberation, deportation, justice for collaborators, the return of POWs, and food and housing shortages, to the postwar role of international institutions, colonial injustices, and the situation of a free press in democracies. The ideas that shaped the vision of this Nobel Prize–winning novelist and essayist are on abundant display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eMore than fifty years after the publication of these writings, they have lost none of their force. They still speak to us about freedom, justice, truth, and democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49355998396720,"sku":"BDg74d","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49355998462256,"sku":"ZEg74d","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49355998429488,"sku":"ZMg74d","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/353395-g74d-Square.jpg?v=1734401320","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-g74d","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}