The Stranger
Albert Camus
Since it was first published in English, in 1946, Albert Camus's first novel, THE STRANGER (L'etranger), has had a profound impact on millions of American readers. Through this story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a senseless murder on a sundrenched Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with t...
Publish Date
1989
March 12
First Published in 1942
Goodreads rating
3.99
ISBN
9780141198064
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The book really does inspire you to be able to stick by your guns when you're surrounded by a lot of gloom-doomers and naysayers. – sourceMay 31, 2018
Five novels I think about all the time
- 1984: States crave control
- The Trial: Bureaucracies eats people
- The Stranger: Alienation is a vantage point
- Animal Farm: Revolutions usually corrupt
- Brave New World: Caste systems fence morality – source