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I started this book, finally, understanding that it was an example of existentialist philosophy but knowing little else. I began reading and immediately felt lost in the randomness of it all, in the detailed descriptions of settings and the truncated passages dealing with human exchanges. It was like I was a pinball, being randomly thrown about, much like the protaganist (though he had more input than he would likely admit). I finally had my lightbulb moment, realized that this was the point, an
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Alienation, no one's real but me, blah blah blah.
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Technically, I'm reviewing the Stuart Gilbert translation, but I've had the Matthew Ward translation on my to-read shelf for over a decade and didn't want to switch it out.
I knew nothing about this book, save that Camus was an existentialist and the book was super-famous, and I should have read it years ago.
I didn't realize it was so short, or so accessible, or so good. (Le Monde ranks it as #1 in 100 Books of the Century is a fact I just learned from Wikipedia...)
Once I read the opening line, " ...more
I knew nothing about this book, save that Camus was an existentialist and the book was super-famous, and I should have read it years ago.
I didn't realize it was so short, or so accessible, or so good. (Le Monde ranks it as #1 in 100 Books of the Century is a fact I just learned from Wikipedia...)
Once I read the opening line, " ...more
I never really understood existentialism until I read the Stranger. This is a new, excellent translation. I read this book for a class, but I really enjoyed it, despite the fact that its outside the realm of my usual happy fiction.
I read this book both in French and in English in high school (for French class... I cheated a bit by reading the English translation too). This particular translation was better than the one I read then.
this may change to four stars. i need time to think still...
May 24, 2007
Stefanie
marked it as to-read
May 26, 2011
Jill
marked it as to-read
