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The Stranger

Albert Camus

Start date: February 1, 2018

Finish date: February 26, 2018

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The Stranger by Albert Camus
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The Stranger by Albert Camus

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Nov 22, 2013 Cheryl rated it it was amazing

Shelves: the-psyche, fiction, mesmerizing, french-oeuvre, nobels, short-shorts

Bizarre. Baffling. Brilliant. When I can think of more to add to this confounding literary form and structure, I'll be back...

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The story is bizarre, the main character baffling, and the structure brilliant. I’m reading Matthew Ward’s translation of The Stranger and in his Translator’s Note, Ward states that Camus acknowledged employing an “American method” when writing this novel: “short, precise sentences; the depiction of a character ostensibly without consciousn ...more

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Dec 10, 2018 Martha rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2018, fiction, read-the-world, bipoc-authors-swana

I read this as part of a Read the World challenge for Algeria. For me, this was one of those that I didn't really 'get', I felt like there was supposed to be some deeper philosophical message that I wasn't seeing and to be honest that just annoyed me! ...more

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Jul 12, 2017 Samar rated it really liked it

This book was exactly the perfect length!

The ending was beautiful. The book left me with a feeling of emptiness.

I loved the raw, unemotional and brutal honesty of the Meursalt. His belief in the meaningless of life and his numb unemotional actions and reactions are frustrating at times but are somewhat relatable.

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Mar 04, 2013 Ankit Raj rated it really liked it · review of another edition

"He is on a trial for being different, for being an outsider." Nothing short of a classic. ...more

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Feb 08, 2016 siriusedward rated it really liked it

Shelves: catching-up-read-books

So it was a good read.though tprovoking .and confusing,strange,
At the end I am left to wonder what it is that I feel .I don't hate the narrator.though I felt sorry for him at times and pity at others.
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