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The Fall
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Classics
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Elegantly styled, Camus' profoundly disturbing novel of a Parisian lawyer's confessions is a searing study of modern amorality.
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- Aryan Mann
- 12-25-19
Take the leap of faith
Each word is masterfully written with an apparent or eventual purpose, read carefully and ironically.
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- M.Biblioswine
- 12-31-20
It is Camus
It is difficult to be critical of anything written by Camus. Though artfully done this is my least favorite of his works.
Again, it is artfully done. But, it is a first person narrative by a character I would describe as a boar.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Luis A.
- 06-05-20
not my kind of book
Wasn't the usual type of story I listen to. just couldn't get into it.
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- Eric
- 02-15-20
Wonderful narration
The performance is absolutely astounding. I am enamored with the passion of the narrator who so eloquently tells the story with such skill and consistently.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-11-21
This book will destroy you.
An incredible book that absolutely no one should read.
You will never be the same.
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- S. Blank
- 03-02-21
Thought provoking
Good book to get yo know the classic author. beautiful prose. I think it would have been easier to follow the story reading rather than listening as there are underlying philosophical truths. However it is read well and it is a monologue of someone telling another his story.
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- Josh
- 02-13-21
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This is a one-sided conversation in Amsterdam between two practicers of law. It's a short, wonderful summary of the vanity of moral superiority and all shapes it can take.