The Stranger

ByAlbert Camus & Matthew Ward

Release Date: 1988-03-12
Genre: Literary Fiction

Score: 4.5

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Description

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • The masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus now in a striking American English translation. The Stranger remains vital for its unsettling insights into the impossibility of moral certainty in the face of violence.

“Matthew Ward has done Camus and us a great service. The Stranger is now a different and better novel for its American readers; it is now our classic as well as France’s.”—Chicago Sun-Times

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 the absurd.”

Now, in this illuminating translation, extraordinary for its exactitude and clarity, the original intent of The Stranger is made more immediate. This haunting novel has been given a new life for generations to come.

Reviews

Camus
5
By oshdbf
I love you cumy
Christopher Nolan movie bait
5
By emory mcclard
Brilliantly told, thoughtful
bro is so nonchalant
4
By EJA07
me fr
:p
5
By Soshxu
enjoyed my read!!
The Stranger
4
By jejejwkejrbvyvehw
Somewhat haunting and yet it kept my interest to the end …
A strange familiarity
4
By Rq52
I don’t particularly know how to address this book without saying opinions on the philosophy presented. When I was in Middle School I had an extreme existential crisis leading to reclusive behavior. I was afraid of death in its entirety. My thoughts turned to when my clock would run out. However in this idea of the fear of being forgotten in death, I realized that in a happy way you are free. The book is good. The philosophy is more nihilistic than it should be. He should have been talked to by a therapist but his end he himself understood was inevitable. But in a strange way it was a better death than most who die meaninglessly. It’s a good book which brings me back to some places. Think it could have used more detail in places though and is right to be criticized as all work should be. Even the greatest.
Deep
5
By LucasHong04
The level that this novel made me think is otherworldly. This novel reaches depths that, simply put, are almost imperceptible without some form of interpretation. This is truly a well written masterpiece!!
Quick and insightful
5
By Hank_b10
It is a quick and easy read (I finished it in a few hours) that I couldn’t put down. It’s a compelling story with insightful themes in the later chapters.
Surprisingly Funny
4
By Puss Bompansero
Excellent read and very unique. Would highly recommend if you’ve got a couple hours to kill
V good
5
By Genitalwarts
I like book a lot