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Publisher | Penguin Books UK |
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Pages | 144 |
Version | paperback |
Language | English |
ISBN | 9780241458853 |
Categories | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
'One of those books that marks a reader's life indelibly' William Boyd
'A compelling, dreamlike fable' Guardian
In The Outsider, 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.
The Outsider: A Novel