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The Stranger

Albert Camus

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Nov 26, 2010 Whitney rated it it was amazing

It would be very easy to write a sturdy paper about this little book. I don't know if it's "officially" postmodern or existentialist or whatever, but a lot of literary lenses could be applied to this. Makes me want to put my BA in English lit to use.

Most of all, I like how the first person narrator does not try to get sympathy from his readers. This is a book that can be read as that high school template of "man vs. society." The narrator fully invites us to side with society. Nice work. ...more

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Jul 16, 2012 Mark rated it it was amazing

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For style and depth, I am intrigued by Camu's masterpiece. His words are plain and simple, but the ideas and insights through which he takes the reader are quite complex. Today, would society label Meursault a sociopath, but Camu would say, perhaps, that it is a natural state. And reasonable.
I don't agree with Meursault's disregard for what he refuses to understand. I think it makes him less human and not more human, or simply 'neutral' as the author seems to imply. ...more

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