The Stranger - Albert Camus

The Stranger

By Albert Camus

  • Release Date: 1988-03-12
  • Genre: Literary Fiction
Score: 4.5
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From 771 Ratings
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Description

With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, The Stranger—Camus's masterpiece—gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. With an Introduction by Peter Dunwoodie; translated by Matthew Ward.

Behind the subterfuge, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd" and describes the condition of reckless alienation and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of twentieth-century life. 

“The Stranger is a strikingly modern text and Matthew Ward’s translation will enable readers to appreciate why Camus’s stoical anti-hero and ­devious narrator remains one of the key expressions of a postwar Western malaise, and one of the cleverest exponents of a literature of ambiguity.” —from the Introduction by Peter Dunwoodie

First published in 1946; now in translation by Matthew Ward.

Reviews

  • Christopher Nolan movie bait

    5
    By emory mcclard
    Brilliantly told, thoughtful

  • bro is so nonchalant

    4
    By EJA07
    me fr

  • :p

    5
    By Soshxu
    enjoyed my read!!

  • The Stranger

    4
    By jejejwkejrbvyvehw
    Somewhat haunting and yet it kept my interest to the end …

  • A strange familiarity

    4
    By Rq52
    I don’t particularly know how to address this book without saying opinions on the philosophy presented. When I was in Middle School I had an extreme existential crisis leading to reclusive behavior. I was afraid of death in its entirety. My thoughts turned to when my clock would run out. However in this idea of the fear of being forgotten in death, I realized that in a happy way you are free. The book is good. The philosophy is more nihilistic than it should be. He should have been talked to by a therapist but his end he himself understood was inevitable. But in a strange way it was a better death than most who die meaninglessly. It’s a good book which brings me back to some places. Think it could have used more detail in places though and is right to be criticized as all work should be. Even the greatest.

  • Deep

    5
    By LucasHong04
    The level that this novel made me think is otherworldly. This novel reaches depths that, simply put, are almost imperceptible without some form of interpretation. This is truly a well written masterpiece!!

  • Quick and insightful

    5
    By Hank_b10
    It is a quick and easy read (I finished it in a few hours) that I couldn’t put down. It’s a compelling story with insightful themes in the later chapters.

  • Surprisingly Funny

    4
    By Puss Bompansero
    Excellent read and very unique. Would highly recommend if you’ve got a couple hours to kill

  • V good

    5
    By Genitalwarts
    I like book a lot

  • Great book

    5
    By Papi greed
    I loved this book. I had to read it for school and by the cover i thought it was going to be a boring book but i was totally wrong. Once i started I couldn't stop.

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