Albert Camus, as quoted in Le Parisien
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La fiction est le mensonge par lequel nous dison la vérité. (Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.)
— Albert Camus on Fiction
What It Means
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About Albert Camus
Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French Pied-Noir author, absurdist philosopher and winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature.
About Albert Camus
Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French Pied-Noir author, absurdist philosopher and winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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