The Fastidious Assassins

Resumen del libro

A daring critique of communism and how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, Camus' essay examines the revolutions in France and Russia, and argues that since they were both guilty of producing tyranny and corruption, hope for the future lies only in revolt without revolution.


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Biografía del autor

Albert Camus nació en Argelia en 1913, en una paupérrima familia de emigrantes. Escribió libros tan fundamentales en nuestra cultura como La peste o El extranjero, por los que recibió en 1957 el Premio Nobel de Literatura. Falleció prematuramente en 1960, en un accidente de circulación, poco después de declarar a un periodista: Mi obra aún no ha empezado . Tusquets Editores ha publicado sunovela El primer hombre y sus Escritos libertarios.