The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics)
The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics)
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Book Summary
| ‘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. |
Language: English
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classic (2013)
ISBN-10: 0141198060
ISBN-13: 9780141198064
Genre: Classics
Size: 12.8 cm x 19.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 35 grams
Condition: New
Book Summary
| ‘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. |
Language: English
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classic (2013)
ISBN-10: 0141198060
ISBN-13: 9780141198064
Genre: Classics
Size: 12.8 cm x 19.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 35 grams
Condition: New
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