Alice Kaplan traces one of the 20th century’s most influential works from its roots in Albert Camus’ Algerian childhood to its destination as a touchstone for a philosophy and an era. Review by Steven G. Kellman.
The Stranger (Everyman's Library)
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Albert Camus’s spare, laconic masterpiece about a Frenchman who murders an Arab in Algeria is famous for having diagnosed, with a clarity almost scientific, that condition of reckless alienation and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of twentieth-century life.
Possessing both the force of a parable and the excitement of a perfectly executed thriller, The Stranger is the work of one of the most engaged and intellectually alert writers of the past century.
Translated by Matthew Ward
The Stranger (Everyman's Library)
Albert Camus’s spare, laconic masterpiece about a Frenchman who murders an Arab in Algeria is famous for having diagnosed, with a clarity almost scientific, that condition of reckless alienation and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of twentieth-century life.
Possessing both the force of a parable and the excitement of a perfectly executed thriller, The Stranger is the work of one of the most engaged and intellectually alert writers of the past century.
Translated by Matthew Ward
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679420262 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 02/28/1993 |
| Series: | Vintage International Series |
| Pages: | 152 |
| Sales rank: | 41,813 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.10(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.60(d) |
| Age Range: | 14 - 18 Years |
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