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The Outsider: (Penguin Modern Classics)
£8.99
CAMUS, ALBERT
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ISBN: 9780141198064
Author: CAMUS, ALBERT
'My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.'
In The Outsider (1942), his classic existentialist novel, 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.
Albert Camus' portrayal of a man confronting the absurd, and revolting against the injustice of society, depicts the paradox of man's joy in life when faced with the 'tender indifference' of the world.
A Remarkable Translation
Sandra Smith's translation, based on close listening to a recording of Camus reading his work aloud on French radio in 1954, sensitively renders the subtleties and dream-like atmosphere of L'Étranger.
About the Author: Albert Camus
Albert Camus (1913-1960), French novelist, essayist, and playwright, is one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century.
His most famous works include:
- The Myth of Sisyphus (1942)
- The Plague (1947)
- The Just (1949)
- The Rebel (1951)
- The Fall (1956)
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. His last novel, The First Man, unfinished at the time of his death, appeared in print for the first time in 1994 and was published in English soon after by Hamish Hamilton.
About the Translator: Sandra Smith
Sandra Smith was born and raised in New York City and is a Fellow of Robinson College, University of Cambridge, where she teaches French Literature and Language.
She has won:
- The French American Foundation Florence Gould Foundation Translation Prize
- The PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize
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