The Sea Close by

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Part of the Penguin Classics campaign celebrating 100 years of Albert Camus, A Sea Close Byreveals the writer as a sensual witness of landscapes, the sea and sailing. It is a light, summery day-dream. Accompanying The Sea Close Byis the essay Summer in Algiers, a lovesong to his Mediterranean childhood. 'The bay, the sun, the red and white games on the seaward terraces, the flowers and sports stadiums, the cool-legged girls.'