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The Outsider - Softcover

Camus, Albert

 
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Synopsis

Camus†existentialist novella sees Meursault, indifferent to his motherâ€s death, commit a violent murder. His continued sense of detachment is judged to stem from a lack of remorse and that, more than his actions, determines his sentence but also reinforces his sense of his place in the universe. Young adult

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About the Author

French novelist, essayist, and playwright. Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a representative of non-metropolitan French literature. His origin in Algeria and his experiences there in the thirties were dominating influences in his thought and work. Among his works, The Plague (1947), The Just (1949) The Fall (1956). He was killed in a road accident in 1960. His last novel, The First Man, unfinished at the time of his death, appeared for the first time in 1994.

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