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The Outsider

Joseph Laredo, Albert Camus

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Existential ennui meets absurdity in Algerian sun.

If you're drawn to exploring deep existential themes, "The Outsider" could resonate with you. Albert Camus crafts a startling narrative around Meursault, a character whose honesty and refusal to feign feelings pit him against a society that demands conformity. It's a thought-provoking read that might just leave you questioning the constructs of guilt and the meaning of life itself.

  • PEN Translation Prize for Matthew Ward (1989)
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The Outsider

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ISBN: 9780141182506
Publisher: Penguin Group
Date of Publication: 2006-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Goodreads rating: 4.03
(rated by 1173047 readers)

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Albert Camus' portrayal of a man confronting the absurdity of human life became an existentialist classic. Yet it is also a book filled with quiet joy in the "tender indifference" of the physical world, and Sandra Smith's new translation based on listening to a recording of Camus reading aloud, sensitively renders the subtleties and dreamlike atmosphere of The Outsider.
 

Existential ennui meets absurdity in Algerian sun.

If you're drawn to exploring deep existential themes, "The Outsider" could resonate with you. Albert Camus crafts a startling narrative around Meursault, a character whose honesty and refusal to feign feelings pit him against a society that demands conformity. It's a thought-provoking read that might just leave you questioning the constructs of guilt and the meaning of life itself.

  • PEN Translation Prize for Matthew Ward (1989)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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