The Stranger
Aug 2012 · Vintage
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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.
“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.
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388 reviews
Rebecca Flaming-Martin
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23 October 2014
I became so depressed while reading this book I wanted to end my life. I tore the book in half and threw it in the trash and felt much better. Exestentialism is dangerous. This book can darken your soul. Beware.
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A Google user
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10 July 2015
Maybe this would be a thought provoking read for someone who isn't familiar with the concept of existentialism but for someone who is, I felt this book to be lacking. It wasn't terrible but it wasn't good either. I personally wouldn't recommend reading it.
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Samuel Miller
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03 June 2023
a quick read. very visual and easy to follow and understand. you feel bad for the main character and at times wish you could leap in and lend him the little helping hand he would need to correct his errant path
About the author
Born in Algeria in 1913, ALBERT CAMUS published The Stranger—now one of the most widely read novels of this century—in 1942. Celebrated in intellectual circles, Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. On January 4, 1960, he was killed in a car accident.
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