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The First Man

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Told as a novel, this is a moving account of the author's poverty-stricken childhood in Algeria, the love of his mother and the old schoolteacher who saved him from ignorance. The book acts as a novel on Algeria, on the relationship between man and the land, and between the French and Arabs.

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The First Man, Albert Camus

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1996
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Language
English
Released
1996
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Paperback
ISBN10
0140257241
ISBN13
9780140257243
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First published
1994
Original title
Le premier homme
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Told as a novel, this is a moving account of the author's poverty-stricken childhood in Algeria, the love of his mother and the old schoolteacher who saved him from ignorance. The book acts as a novel on Algeria, on the relationship between man and the land, and between the French and Arabs.