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The Outsider
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Outsider
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Albert Camus
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Translated by Sandra Smith
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:144 | Dimensions(mm): Height 181,Width 111 |
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Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780241458853
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Classifications | Dewey:843.912 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd
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Imprint |
Penguin Classics
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Publication Date |
30 July 2020 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
An existential masterpiece from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century 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.
Author Biography
Albert Camus (1913-60) grew up in a working-class neighbourhood in Algiers. He studied philosophy at the University of Algiers, and became a journalist. His most important works include The Outsider, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Plague and The Fall. After the occupation of France by the Germans in 1941, Camus became one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement. He was killed in a road accident, and his last unfinished novel, The First Man, appeared posthumously.
ReviewsProbably no European writer of his time left so deep a mark on the imagination -Conor Cruise O'Brien
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