Series
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Publication
Vintage (1989), 123 pages
Description
When a young Algerian named Meursault kills a man, his subsequent imprisonment and trial are puzzling and absurd. The apparently amoral Meursault--who puts little stock in ideas like love and God--seems to be on trial less for his murderous actions, and more for what the authorities believe is his deficient character.
Awards
V&A Illustration Award (2012)
PEN Translation Prize (Winner — 1989)
Nobel Prize in Literature (1957)
Waterstones Books of the Century (20 — 1997)
David Bowie's Top 100 (1942)
Around the world in 80 books (Algeria)
Lexile
880L
Original language
English
Original publication date
1942-05-19
Subjects
Media reviews
It is quite a trick to write of life & death, as Camus does, in terms of an almost total social and moral vacuum. He may get philosophical satisfaction from it. Most readers will call it philosophic doodling.
"The Stranger,” a novel of crime and punishment by Albert Camus, published today, should touch off in this country a renewed burst of discussion about the young French writers who are at the moment making more unusual literary news than the writers of any other country.
Physical description
123 p.; 5.2 inches
ISBN
0679720200 / 9780679720201