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The Stranger

Albert Camus

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Jan 23, 2015 Sara rated it really liked it

Shelves: literary-fiction, classics, kindle-purchase

Talk about your deep and difficult novels! The story is easy, the reading is easy, the pace is fast, the understanding is complicated and in some ways unfathomable. Camus' theme of absurdity that runs through his works are present in The Stranger with other resounding comments about death, decay and disconnect.

I do not assume to have the intellect to dissect this novel and add anything new to the discussion. I feel that the antithesis of what Camus believed is the actual truth. I think we are al ...more

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Jun 13, 2013 Josh Caporale rated it it was amazing

I really liked how this novel took an existential position where you saw the protagonist as just a man who did not demonstrate much emotion or hold much faith. At the point where he shoots a man on the beach known as "The Arab," things take a turn and while he was somewhat arrogant about his crime, was judged a heinous man based off of his personality and not his actions. This is something that is often read in high school but you should definitely check it out on your own as well. ...more

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Aug 24, 2016 Jen from Quebec :0) rated it really liked it

Shelves: foreign-authors, reading-challenge-books, school, classics-i-ve-read, favorites

Huh....I've been waiting a while to read this, having heard about Camus for years. It was good, but not at all what I expected, and a wee bit too short....definitely requires a re-read! (Already!) ...more

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