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    <![CDATA[Condamné à mort, Meursault. Sur une plage algérienne, il a tué un Arabe. À cause du soleil, dira-t-il, parce qu'il faisait chaud. On n'en tirera rien d'autre. Rien ne le fera plus réagir : ni l'annonce de sa condamnation, ni la mort de sa mère, ni les paroles du prêtre avant la fin. Comme si, sur cette plage, il avait soudain eu la révélation de l'universelle équivalence du tout et du rien. La conscience de n'être sur la terre qu'en sursis, d'une mort qui, quoi qu'il arrive, arrivera, sans espoir de salut. Et comment être autre chose qu'indifférent à tout après ça ? <p>Étranger sur la terre, étranger à lui-même, Meursault le bien nommé pose les questions qui deviendront un leitmotiv dans l'oeuvre de Camus. De <em>La Peste</em> à <em>La Chute</em>, mais aussi dans ses pièces et dans ses essais, celui qui allait devenir Prix Nobel de littérature en 1957 ne cessera de s'interroger sur le sens de l'existence. Sa mort violente en 1960 contribua quelque peu à rendre mythique ce maître à penser de toute une génération. <em>--Karla Manuele</em>   </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A très profond book in which I really plunged into without knowing that I was actually reading this one in French.Did refer to a dictionary a few times but the language being simple I really paced through quite quickly than I expected.I say again its a very profound book,one that makes you think over it again and again.Somehow in the start it reminded me of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5107.The_Catcher_in_the_Rye" title="The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger">The Catcher in the Rye</a> but then I realized that Camus's novel is much darker and deeper.The book somehow had an impact on me and its one of the best books I've read so far.]]></body>
    
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