Albert Camus: Against Eternity

Albert Camus. Souvenirs

Camus once said: "I follow in your footsteps."
A personal memoir of Camus, written by his revered literary and philosophical mentor, which subtly recounts the close relationship between the two men over a period of 30 years.
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☆ On January 4, 1960, Camus and his close friend Michel Gallimard died in a car accident on their way back to Paris.
On January 4, 1968, Jean Grenier, Camus' philosophy teacher, literary mentor and lifelong friend, completed this souvenir-like memoir in Paris.
Jean Grenier recounts his 30 years of guidance and witnessing, starting with his meeting the 17-year-old Camus at a high school in Algiers in 1930, his role as mentor and witness to Camus's literary creation, artistic passion, and political thought. In Grenier's eyes, Camus lived a life fraught with hardship, yet he held onto hope for humanity's will to live.
"I follow in your footsteps." —Camus once said to Grenier. At 17, lonely, sensitive, and physically fragile, Camus received the care of his teacher, nurturing his writing talent and the budding philosophical thinking. From that moment on, Camus' heart was filled with enduring respect, gratitude, and admiration.
☆ "He used the flickering yet eternally bright flame to fight against the promise of eternal life." - Grenier touched Camus's secret soul with restrained, cautious and calm brushstrokes; through grief and memory, he narrated the spiritual and emotional understanding and dependence between Camus and himself.
☆ In 1968, Jean Grenier won the French National Literature Award.
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At the age of 17, Albert Camus enrolled in a philosophy class at the Lycée de Algiers, where Jean Grenier became his teacher. This marked the beginning of a lasting friendship between them, and Camus often cited Grenier's influence on his own thinking and writing.
Jean Grenier's current book is neither a biography of Camus nor a critique of his work, but rather a series of purely personal recollections, a deliberately cautious yet nuanced testimony. Grenier discusses the issues that troubled Camus: politics, religion, Algeria, and literary creation.
In this series of memories, a portrait slowly unfolds, in which the truth is presented in a very restrained way, and questions that concern all of us are indirectly raised.

2024-11-01

上海社会科学院出版社

Baideya

184

9787552045420