The Stranger
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With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, The Stranger--Camus's masterpiece--gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. With an Introduction by Peter Dunwoodie; translated by Matthew Ward. Behind the subterfuge, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd" and describes the condition of reckless alienation and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of twentieth-century life. "The Stranger is a strikingly modern text and Matthew Ward's translation will enable readers to appreciate why Camus's stoical anti-hero and devious narrator remains one of the key expressions of a postwar Western malaise, and one of the cleverest exponents of a literature of ambiguity." --from the Introduction by Peter Dunwoodie First published in 1946; now in translation by Matthew Ward.Show more
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Read August 2023
Short and easy read. Enjoyed the book and am glad I read it, but don’t know what the takeaway or overall message is.
this book toys with the idea of the meaningless of life, the irrationality of the universe, & absurdity. a great read & a powerful ending. i hope everyone can move forward in peace like Meursault.
Things happen. People are awful. People are wonderful. The narrator is indifferent until the very end.
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