{"product_id":"bodas-em-tipasa","title":"Wedding in Tipasa","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA collection of essays from Albert Camus' youth, essential for understanding the work of one of the most important authors of the 20th century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\"I remember at least one tall, magnificent young woman who had danced all afternoon. She wore a jasmine necklace over her tight blue dress, which sweat soaked from her back to her legs. She laughed as she danced and turned her head. When she passed near the tables, she left behind a mingled scent of flowers and flesh.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eWedding at Tipasa\u003c\/em\u003e is the collection of two books by Camus: \u003cem\u003eWedding\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSummer\u003c\/em\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \" \u003cem\u003eWedding\u003c\/em\u003e ,\" written between 1936 and 1937, is one of his earliest works, and in it the author already deals with issues he would address throughout his work—the absurd and suicide. It consists of four lyrical essays with an autobiographical tone. The first, \"Wedding in Tipasa,\" the most famous text, is set in the Algerian city where, with its Roman ruins and the sea, \"we all exhibit the happy lassitude of a wedding day with the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eBesides this, it also includes \"The Wind in Djemila,\" with its ruins and rocky outcrops, where \"a heavy and compact silence reigned\"; \"Summer in Algiers,\" in which he presents one of the great foundations of his philosophy, for \"if there is a sin against life, perhaps it consists not so much in despairing of it as in hoping for another life, and escaping its implacable grandeur\"; and \"The Desert,\" about his journey to Tuscany, where he encounters a \"singular desert [that] is only perceptible to those who are able to live in it without ever deceiving their thirst. It is then, and only then, that it is populated with the living waters of happiness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSummer\u003c\/em\u003e is an essay by Camus written a few years later, between 1939 and 1953. In it, the author focuses on a journey that begins in Algeria, following Ariadne's thread in pursuit of the Minotaur to evoke Oran and its surroundings, revisits the myth of Prometheus in light of the violence of the world at the time, and dreams of the beauty of Helen and Greece, which involves us in a journey through the Mediterranean and its myths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eWeddings at Tipasa\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of texts from the youth of the philosopher of the absurd, who would become one of the world's most important authors in the 20th century. In it, he draws from his own life to initiate reflections that would be seen throughout his work. In short, a fundamental book for understanding Camus's work.\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176318353660,"sku":"9786555872385","price":59.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/3219a772ec450cf4f827bb4bd3d280b4.jpg?v=1778315029","url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/products\/bodas-em-tipasa","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}