The Last Day of a Condemned Man - (Mint Editions) by Victor Hugo (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>The Last Day of a Condemned Man</i> (1829) is a short novel by Victor Hugo. Having witnessed several executions by guillotine as a young man, Hugo devoted himself in his art and political life to opposing the death penalty in France. Praised by Dostoevsky as "absolutely the most real and truthful of everything that Hugo wrote," <i>The Last Day of a Condemned Man</i> is a powerful story from an author who defined nineteenth century French literature. If you knew when and where you would die, how would you spend your final moments? For Hugo's unnamed narrator, such an existential question is made reality. Sentenced to death for an unspecified crime, he reflects on his life as its last seconds wane in the shadows of a cramped prison cell. Recording his emotional state, observations, and conversations with a priest and fellow prisoner, the condemned man forces us to not only recognize his humanity, but question our own. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Victor Hugo's <i>The Last Day of a Condemned Man</i> is a classic work of French literature reimagined for modern readers.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>Sentenced to death by guillotine, a condemned man reflects on his life and emotions while waiting in a cramped prison cell. Although his crime and identity are never revealed, his humanity cries out for mercy. Intended as a fictional expression of the author's opposition to the death penalty, <i>The Last Day of a Condemned Man</i> is a novel by Victor Hugo.</p>
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