In tender, painstaking detail, Elizabeth Hawes has created an unforgettable portrait of Camus, the man and writer: his aspirations and travails, and his enduring influence. Camus, a Romance is a literary feat, at once a biography and a memoir.
Camus, a Romance
“A beautiful memoir of a life-long obsession, a peek behind the curtains at the biographer’s art, and, not least, a rich and vivid portrait of Camus himself.”
—Benjamin Moser, Harper’s Magazine
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Camus and the Parthenon
It has been astonishing, distressing, amusing and gratifying to follow the commotion in France over Nicolas Sarkozy’s proposal to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the death of Albert Camus, who was killed in a car crash at 46, with reburial in the Pantheon.
Recent Reviews of Camus, a Romance
“Elizabeth Hawes’s love for Camus begins as she writes her senior thesis about him; years later she has given us this vivid portrait. Hawes, a former staffer at The New Yorker, presents in fresh detail his relations with his American editor, his life as a literary celebrity, his modesty and rectitude, his devastating illness and much more. Camus, A Romance is eye-opening and a huge pleasure to read.”
—Diane Johnson, author of Le Divorce
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Elizabeth Hawes on The Diane Rehm Show
Elizabeth Hawes describes her forty-year affair of the heart and mind with the Nobel Prize-winning author Albert Camus.
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About Elizabeth Hawes
Elizabeth Hawes (also known as Betsy Hawes Weinstock) is the author of New York, New York, How the Apartment House Transformed the Life of the City, 1869-1930. A former staff member and contributor to The New Yorker, she has written for The New York Times Magazine and Book Review, The Nation and numerous other publications. She also wrote Martha Stewart's best selling books Entertaining and Weddings.
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