
The Outsider book by Albert Camus
By Albert Camus'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.
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'Etranger.
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) and The Fall (1956). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957, and 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.
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, as well as the PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize.
Buy The Outsider book by Albert Camus at attic books nairobi kenya||The Outsider book by Albert Camus price in nairobi||The Outsider book by Albert Camus price at attic books||The Outsider book by Albert Camus||where to buy The Outsider book by Albert Camus in nairobi||The Outsider book by Albert Camus official book||The Outsider book by Albert Camus discounted price||The Outsider book by Albert Camus book summary||The Outsider book by Albert Camus book review||The Outsider book by Albert Camus book overview||The Outsider book by Albert Camus edition||The Outsider book by Albert Camus quotes||The Outsider book by Albert Camus themes||The Outsider book by Albert Camus pdf||The Outsider book by Albert Camus free pdf download||The Outsider book by Albert Camus paperback||The Outsider book by Albert Camus bharddcover||The Outsider book by Albert Camus audiobook||The Outsider book by Albert Camus ebook||The Outsider book by Albert Camus online hardcopy}The Outsider book by Albert CamusThe Outsider book by Albert Camus study guide||The Outsider book by Albert Camus availability in nairobi||
Book details
- Paperback
- 128 pages
- English
- 0141198060
- 9780141198064
About Albert Camus
albert camus (/kæËˆmuË/ kam-oo, us also /kəˈmuË/ kÉ™-moo; french: [albÉ›Ê kamy] ( listen); 7 november 1913 – 4 january Read More about Albert Camus
More Books By Albert Camus
People who bought this also bought
What Got You Here Won't Get You There : How Successful People Become Even More Successful book by Marshall Goldsmith
New Book
Man's Search For Meaning : The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust book by Viktor E. Frankl
New Book
Front Porch Tales: Warm Hearted Stories of Family, Faith, Laughter and Lov
Used Book
Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife book by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
Used Book
Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833 book by Charles Tyng
Used Book
Behave :The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky
New Book
God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We Suffer book by Bart D. Ehrman
New Book
Are You Kidding Me? : My Life with an Extremely Loud Family, Bathroom Calamities, and Crazy Relatives
Used Book
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose book by Tony Hsieh
New Book
Alien Thinking: How to Bring Your Breakthrough Ideas to Life book by Cyril Bouquet
New Book
Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally book by Alisa Smith
Used Book
The Living I Ching: Using Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Shape Your Life book by Ming-Dao Deng
New Book
The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations book by Oprah Winfrey
New Book
Going Public Sourcebook: The Initial Public Offering Process and the Compliance Requirements of a Public Company
Used Book
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence book by Anna Lembke
New Book
Atkins for Life : The Complete Controlled Carb Program for Permanent Weight Loss
Used Book
Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence book by Esther Perel
New Book
A Certain Amount of Madness: The Life, Politics and Legacies of Thomas Sankara book by Amber Murrey
New Book
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism book by Naomi Klein
New Book