Camus in the Bom Jesus feast

Authors

  • Alfredo Bosi Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/ts.v10i1.86699

Keywords:

Albert Camus, Literature of resistance, French literature - novel

Abstract

This essay analyses Camus’ tale La pierre qui pousse, “The Stone that Sprouts”, included in his book L’exil et le royaume. The episode takes place in Iguape during the feast dedicated to Bom Jesus (Good Jesus), the town’s patron saint. A French engineer, d’Arrast, having arrived in Iguape, meets a poor Negro who has promised to bear an enormous stone with him in order to thank for a miracle accomplished by Bom Jesus. The tale is a touching example of literature of resistance: it was written soon after Camus’ travel to Brazil.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

  • Alfredo Bosi, Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

    Professor de literatura brasileira na Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, Universidade de São Paulo (FFLCH/USP).

References

CAMUS, Albert. (1957) L’exil et le royaume. Paris, Gallimard.

CAMUS, Albert. (1964) Carnets. Janvier 1942 – Mars 1951. Paris, Gallimard.

Downloads

Published

1998-06-28

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (1998)

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 1998 Tempo Social

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Bosi, A. (1998). Camus in the Bom Jesus feast. Tempo Social, 10(1), 49-63. https://doi.org/10.1590/ts.v10i1.86699