Synopsis
Albert Camus' laconic masterpiece about a Frenchman who murders an Arab in colonial Algeria is famous in its time for diagnosing a state of alienation and spiritual exhaustion which summed up the mood of the mid-twentieth century. Today, more than fifty years after its first appearance, we can see that this early success was no passing fashion: The Outsider continues to speak to us of ultimate things with the force of a parable and the excitement of a thriller and remains one of the most widely read and influential classics of the century.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Everyman
- ISBN: 9781857151398
- Number of pages: 160
- Dimensions: 210 x 133 x 14 mm
- Weight: 263g
- Languages: English
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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.