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Stranger (1942)
Others: Leaning positive L'Étranger est le premier roman publié d’Albert Camus, paru en 1942. Il prend place dans la tétralogie que Camus nommera « cycle de l’absurde » qui décrit les fondements de la philosophie camusienne : l’absurde. Le roman a été traduit en soixante-huit langues.
- ISBN:
- 9798731343039
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- 127 pages
Genres: classics
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NeutralAnd in my early 20s, I very quickly realized that if I talked about reading The Outsider by Albert Kamu, which I did, people would be very interested. And it clearly gave me a kind of I'm going to keep calling it intellectual currency. [...] The Outsider has that a little bit, but Bunny has that way more.
Loved itvery odd novel beautiful though terrific book one of the best an amazing demonstration of literary economy
Loved itthis book has an iconic opening line a memorable Central protagonist it's completely absurd it's got all the ingredients.