Boris Savinkov’s second novel What Never Happened, which Camus must have read during the summer of 1946, is no less important than his Memories of a Terrorist. Raising the question of the legitimacy of murder committed in the name of justice, this novel encouraged Camus to take position against revolutionary intellectuals of his time, and also to create a mythical character – a Kaliayev detached from his model and embodying “the purest image of revolt”.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-12278-4
EAN:9782406122784
ISSN: 0035-2136
DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-12278-4.p.0207
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 08-03-2022
Periodicity: Monthly
Language: French
Keyword: What Never Happened, murder, justice, revolutionaries, violence, The Just Assassins, Ivan Kaliayev