The Outsider |
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| Author:
| Camus, Albert |
| Series title: | Everyman's Library |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85715-139-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1998 |
| Publisher: | Everyman
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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Albert Camus' laconic masterpiece about a Frenchman who murders an Arab in colonial Algeria is famous in its time for diagnosing a state of alienation and spiritual exhaustion which summed up the mood of the mid-twentieth century. Today, more than fifty years after its first appearance, we can see that this early success was no passing fashion- The Outsider continues to speak to us of ultimate things with the force of a parable and the excitement of a thriller and remains one of the...
More DescriptionAlbert Camus' laconic masterpiece about a Frenchman who murders an Arab in colonial Algeria is famous in its time for diagnosing a state of alienation and spiritual exhaustion which summed up the mood of the mid-twentieth century. Today, more than fifty years after its first appearance, we can see that this early success was no passing fashion- The Outsider continues to speak to us of ultimate things with the force of a parable and the excitement of a thriller and remains one of the most widely read and influential classics of the century.