The Outsider
Paperback Published on: 30/07/2020; Language: English, French (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £8.99
Synopsis
Now a major new film, L'Étranger (The Stranger), directed by François Ozon
'One of those books that marks a reader's life indelibly' William Boyd
'A compelling, dreamlike fable' Guardian
In The Outsider, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law. Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780241458853
- Number of pages: 144
- Dimensions: 180 x 111 x 10 mm
- Weight: 92g
- Languages: English, French (Original language of a translated text)
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Incredible - but read The Myth of Sisyphus first!
By chance I picked up both The Outsider (interested by the famous opening line) and The Myth of Sisyphus together, and read Sisyphus (a book of essays rega... READ MORE
Camus's masterpiece
Camus conveys a profound experience of the ordinary man. In fact, such is the deep normality of Meursault that brands him as extraordinary. This is a deepl... READ MORE
Camus has done it again
This book is short in length but packed full of philosophical meaning, and captivated me from beginning to end. A true classic
Loved this book!
I really liked this book. I thought it was so interesting and was hooked from the first page. The story telling is really good which makes you sort of unde... READ MORE
Genuinely amazing
Such an intriguing, complex book full of morally dubious but also extremely likable characters.