The Outsider (English, Paperback, Camus Albert)
- Language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre: Fiction
- ISBN: 9780141182506, 0141182504
- Edition: 1st Edition, 2006
- Pages: 128
'Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know'
Meursault will not lie. Unmoved by his mother's death, he refuses to satisfy the feelings of others by pretending grief. At the end of the funeral, he returns to his simple, batchelor existence in sun-bleached Algiers.
Until he is involved in a violent murder and placed on trial. Will he now, with his life in danger, give in to society's demands and 'play the game'?
Albert Camus's first novel, The Outsider received instant acclaim when it was published in 1942, by Gallimard in Paris, and has been translated into forty-five languages. In 1957 Camus became the youngest writer ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize.
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Le Monde's Best Book of the 20th Century
It is a very simple, small story which can be read at one go. Though it is considered to be a highly philosophical work, the story is very straight-forward and simple, without a single complication.
Once you read the story, you will be shaken. It is about the absurdity and futility of human life. It questions your convictions. An average religious Indian may not ...
Sunish Mathew P
Certified Buyer
Jan, 2012
Does life has any meaning ?
There are two parts in this novella;the protagonist lives his life without giving it much of a thought in the first part, but immerses himself into deep contemplation in the second part(after he is arrested).
This quote in the opening lin...
Vinoth Kumar
Certified Buyer
Aug, 2012
Excellent
"I didn't understand how the natural qualities of a man could be turned into overwhelming proof of his guilt."
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Certified Buyer, Pasighat
Jun, 2021
Thought provoking..
It changed the way i though.. about the philosophy of life. The Protagonist of the story doesn't seems like an outsider to me.
As Camus said 'he is not a reject, but a poor and naked man,in love with a sun which leaves no shadow '.
He lives neither in his past nor in his future but he lives in the present and that's the philosophy.
Midhun mohan
Certified Buyer, Edappal
Jun, 2013
A book that will leave you thinking hard
Sarthak Pranit
Certified Buyer
Apr, 2013
An eccentric work
This book portrays the absurdity of life. It belongs to the class of philosophy called "Existentialism". If you are not familiar with the philosophy, do read about it in brief before reading the book. Wikipedia is a great source.
Now to the story, everything was going on regularly in merausult life until he murdered some Arab guy. Out of nowhere this c...
Surya Bhanu Katiyar
Certified Buyer
Apr, 2012
A philosophical read on absurdism and determinism.
AJIT PAL SINGH DAIA
Certified Buyer
May, 2012
Does the job
A worth to read book and I was able to read the book completely in a single stretch.
Arpita
Certified Buyer, Trivandrum
Jan, 2019
Nice
Flipkart Customer
Certified Buyer, Kolkata
Oct, 2018
outsider effests your inside
ideas...but this can also be possible...nothing wierd...a change of aspect means a lot.
if you a intense reader and cllasics lover then you will find a new taste.
Arunabha saha
Jan, 2012
