Fall | Albert Camus

Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil.
Over several drunken nights in an Amsterdam bar, he regales a chance acquaintance with his story.
From this successful former lawyer and seemingly model citizen a compelling, self-loathing catalogue of guilt, hypocrisy and alienation pours forth.
The Fall (1956) is a brilliant portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence.
But beyond depicting one man's disillusionment, Camus's novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities - for our innocence that, once lost, can never be recaptured ..., Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil.
Over several drunken nights in an Amsterdam bar, he regales a chance acquaintance with his story.
From this successful former lawyer and seemingly model citizen a compelling, self-loathing catalogue of guilt, hypocrisy and alienation pours forth.
The Fall (1956) is a brilliant portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence.
But beyond depicting one man's disillusionment, Camus's novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities - for our innocence that, once lost, can never be recaptured ...