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Albert Camus (1913–1960).

Manuscript “A.C.”, [early 1956], to Vivette BLOCH-MICHEL; 1 page, in-8 format, on NRF letterhead.

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Manuscript “A.C.”, [early 1956], to Vivette BLOCH-MICHEL; 1 page, in-8 format, on NRF letterhead.

*La Chute* is about to be published, and he asks his friend Bloch to take on the “chore” of reading “these 120 pages: I’m hesitating and holding back a little, you’ll see why. [...] There may be mistakes, but that’s not the point. It’s the very principle of this portrait of the contemporary world that’s at stake. In any case, I’m glad I did it. For a whole year, I truly believed I’d never be capable of anything again’... He still hasn’t decided on a title, and suggests: ‘A Hero of Our Time (already taken). The Last Judgement? The Good Apostle?’