![]() ![]() They include The Fall, The Outsider and The First Man. Albert Camus (1913-1960) is the author of a number of best-selling and highly influential works, all of which are published by Penguin. In The Outsider (L'Etranger), his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the predicament of the individual who refuses to pretend and is prepared to face the indifference of the universe, courageously and alone. For Meursault, this is an insult to his reason and a betrayal of his hopes for Camus it encapsulates the absurdity of life. Soon Meursault discovers that he is being tried not simply for his crime, but for his lack of emotion - a reaction that condemns him for being an outsider. Why would this seemingly law-abiding bachelor do such a thing? And why does he show no remorse even when it could save his life? His refusal to satisfy the feelings of others only increases his guilt in the eyes of the law. And when he commits a random act of violence in Algiers, society is baffled. After the death of his mother, everyone is shocked when he shows no sadness. ![]() ![]() ![]() A peerless work of philosophical fiction that is as shocking today as when it was first published, the Penguin Modern Classics edition of Albert Camus' The Outsider is translated by Joseph Laredo. ![]()
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