Record Number |
791437 |
ISBN |
9780679720201 (paperback) |
Author |
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960 author. |
Title |
The stranger / Albert Camus ; translated from the French by Matthew Ward. |
Edition |
First Vintage International edition. |
Publisher/Date |
New York : Vintage International, 1989. |
©1988 |
Pagination etc. |
vii, 123 pages ; 21 cm. |
Series |
Vintage international |
Summary Note |
A young Algerian, Meursault, afflicted with a sort of aimless inertia, becomes embroiled in the petty intrigues of a local pimp and, somewhat inexplicably, ends up killing a man. Once he's imprisoned and eventually brought to trial, his crime, it becomes apparent, is not so much the arguably defensible murder he has committed as it is his deficient character. In the story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a senseless murder on a sun-drenched Algerian beach, Camus was exploring what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd". Now in a new American translation, the classic has been given new life for generations to come. |
Language note |
Translated from the French. |
Subject |
French fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English |
Murder -- Fiction |
Algeria -- Fiction |
Action and adventure fiction. |
Added Author |
Ward, Matthew, 1950 or 1951-1990 translator. |
Shelf Location |
F CAMU |