Reflections on the Guillotine by Albert Camus

Reflections on the Guillotine

Albert Camus with Justin O'Brien (Translator)

81 pages first pub 1957 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out'Written when execution by guillotine was still legal in France, Albe...

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