The Stranger
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- Author：Albert Camus
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Summary
Since it was first published in English， in 1946， Albert Camus's first novel， THE STRANGER （L'etranger）， has had a profound impact on millions of American readers。 Through this story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a senseless murder on a sundrenched Algerian beach， Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd。"
Reviews
Ethan
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Very enjoyable， I found some of the plot points and character interactions quite symbolic as well。 Definitely worth a read。
eleni
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the ending was very underwhelming but overall it was an enjoyable and quick read for me。 i can’t believe this is my review。。。 yeah
Ana
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4 stars *may change i read this because namjoon recommended it。。。i guess he has decent taste
Renato Bonasera
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Depressing but interesting。
Hugo Resende
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Bem escrito， leve e com uma simplicidade astuta！ O sentido da vida exposto de forma bela！
Mahshid
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به نظر من این کتاب برای فردی که خیلی وقت نیست کتاب خوندن رو شروع کرده و فیلم های زیادی هم ندیده جالب خواهد بود ولی واقعا چیز خیلی خاص و خارق العاده ای نداره و مشابهش، یا حتی ورژن های خیلی بهترش بار ها توی سینما و داستان های دیگه به تصویر کشیده شده。 برای اینکه بگی "خوندمش" مناسبه و خیلی هم وقت از آدم نمیگیره ولی توصیف های طولانی و بلاتکلیف بودن شخصیت اصلی با خودش گاهی یکم آزار دهنده و حوصله سر بر میشه。 احتمالا اکثر کسایی که انقدر از این کتاب تعریف میکنن و سینه چاکش هستن از اون دسته افرادی ان که ه به نظر من این کتاب برای فردی که خیلی وقت نیست کتاب خوندن رو شروع کرده و فیلم های زیادی هم ندیده جالب خواهد بود ولی واقعا چیز خیلی خاص و خارق العاده ای نداره و مشابهش، یا حتی ورژن های خیلی بهترش بار ها توی سینما و داستان های دیگه به تصویر کشیده شده。 برای اینکه بگی "خوندمش" مناسبه و خیلی هم وقت از آدم نمیگیره ولی توصیف های طولانی و بلاتکلیف بودن شخصیت اصلی با خودش گاهی یکم آزار دهنده و حوصله سر بر میشه。 احتمالا اکثر کسایی که انقدر از این کتاب تعریف میکنن و سینه چاکش هستن از اون دسته افرادی ان که هرجا میشینن دائما از عناوینی مثل "بیشعوری، صد سال تنهایی و عقاید یک دلقک" حرف میزنن。ولی انصافا پایان بندی جالب و قوی ای داشت و یجورایی انگار به تمام بخش های حوصله سر برش می ارزید。 。。。more
lyia
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Huh。 Well， I'm definitely a bit perplexed about this one。 Think of it; sentenced to death for not crying at your mother's funeral。 An extremely short and fast read that manages to convey some interesting aspects of existentialism。 I don't quite think I grasped as much as I could have from this novel， so its very likely I'll reread it。 It helped that I've been to some of the places that Camus described， and I understood the scenery; this made this novel much more enjoyable。 I really did like this Huh。 Well， I'm definitely a bit perplexed about this one。 Think of it; sentenced to death for not crying at your mother's funeral。 An extremely short and fast read that manages to convey some interesting aspects of existentialism。 I don't quite think I grasped as much as I could have from this novel， so its very likely I'll reread it。 It helped that I've been to some of the places that Camus described， and I understood the scenery; this made this novel much more enjoyable。 I really did like this one （the last few pages！） and was transported in the hours it took me to read。 Still a little confused， but that is to be expected， I suppose。 。。。more
Rosa
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 A man and his fall into jail and execution。 Remembers about his life。 First published in France in 1942。 Author awarded Noble for Lit， 1957。Margarita McGill’s club。
Banafsheh
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یه کانالی رو توی تلگرام دنبال می‌کنم به اسم: اِریک نوتس （Eric notes）خب اریک رو به این خاطر دوس دارم که بی‌توجه به قوانین و سنت‌های مقبول جوامع دنیا، حرف خودش رو میزنه。مثلا به نظرش دموکراسی چرته یا فمنیسم رو به شدت میکوبه （که هر دو مورد نظرمه）حالا اریک چه ربطی داره به بیگانه؟خب بر خلاف خیلی‌ها که مورسو رو بی‌احساس می‌دونن و محور اصلی کتاب رو پوچی میگذارن، من مورسو رو یه ورژنی از اریک و آدمای اریک‌طور می‌بینم。آدمایی که فارغ از قوانین و ملزومات زندگی اجتماعی مقبول انسان‌ها، زندگی خودشون رو میکنن。م یه کانالی رو توی تلگرام دنبال می‌کنم به اسم: اِریک نوتس （Eric notes）خب اریک رو به این خاطر دوس دارم که بی‌توجه به قوانین و سنت‌های مقبول جوامع دنیا، حرف خودش رو میزنه。مثلا به نظرش دموکراسی چرته یا فمنیسم رو به شدت میکوبه （که هر دو مورد نظرمه）حالا اریک چه ربطی داره به بیگانه؟خب بر خلاف خیلی‌ها که مورسو رو بی‌احساس می‌دونن و محور اصلی کتاب رو پوچی میگذارن، من مورسو رو یه ورژنی از اریک و آدمای اریک‌طور می‌بینم。آدمایی که فارغ از قوانین و ملزومات زندگی اجتماعی مقبول انسان‌ها، زندگی خودشون رو میکنن。مثلا مورسو دلیلی نمی‌بینه برای مرگ مادرش گریه کنه。 حالا فرقی هم نداره براش که جامعه ازش انتظار سوگواری داره。مورسو دلیلی نمی‌بینه با زنی که از خوابیدن باهاش لذت می‌بره ازدواج کنه。 حتی با این وجود که عرف جامعه ازش چنین خواسته‌ای داشته باشه。اما اغلب اینجور آدما دشمن حکومت‌ها هستن، دشمن قوانین حکومت‌ها، دشمن قاعده‌هایی که خود ما انسان‌ها برای هم وضع کردیم و نتیجه چیه؟حذف اون آدم بیگانه از چرخه‌ی روزگار ！！برای من نقطه‌ی عطف این کتاب صفحات پایانیشه。 جایی که کشیش میاد سراغ مورسو。 جایی که بهش میگه من میدونم این گناه روی دوش تو سنگینی میکنه و خب مورسو خودش رو اساسا گناهکار نمی‌دونه。واقعا کی گفته قتل گناهه؟ هان؟کتاب مقدس؟ خدا؟آدما؟چرا اینجوری بهش نگاه نکنیم که همونقدر که حفظ جانمون یه کُدی توی دی ان ای ماست، کشتن دیگری هم توی دی ان ای ما هست؟ فرضا که قائل به کتاب مقدس باشیم: مگه نه اینکه از نسل قابیلیم؟خب چرا همدیگه رو محکوم به مرگ می‌کنیم؟ برای چیزی که کنترلی روش نداریم؟مورسو به زعم خودش و من و خیلی‌های دیگه گناهی نکرده。 فقط اشتباه کرده。 قابیل هم اشتباه کرد。 ما همه خطا می‌کنیم و کیه که برامون تعیین میکنه کدوم خطا مجازاتش چیه جز قوانین خودمون؟قوانینی که سالیان درازیه به اسم خدا و دین و مذهب به خوردمون دادن ！！طفلک مورسو، طفلک اریک، طفلک هر کسی که می‌خواد انسان باشه، می‌خواد زندگی کنه ولی 。。。。。。 بیگانه است با هر آنچه درش محصوره。پ。ن: بار دومی بود که کتاب رو می‌خوندم。 بار اول با ترجمه‌ی اعلم که سخته و نمی‌چسبه。 اینبار با ترجمه‌ی دیهیمی که روانه و میچسبه。 。。。more
Lila
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written plainly but incisively; an interesting account of absurdism！
Scott Christ
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（Presumably） Smelly Frenchman deals with the death of his mother in stereotypical style。
Eugen V
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I love this book。 Cannot say more。
Ashan K
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He wasn't unhappy He wasn't unhappy 。。。more
Christian Slettbakk
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Entertaining and at times hilarious insights into the mind of man without a conscience。
EmmaPorzee
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Great story; I love how it was given。 Good job writer！ If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top
Stephen Proctor
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"And I felt ready to live it all again too。 As if that blind rage had washed me clean， rid me of hope; for the first time， in that night alive with signs and stars， I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world。 Finding it so much like myself-so like a brother， really-I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again" （Albert Camus， 122-123）。 The aforementioned passage has dramatically changed my outlook on death and the cessation of one's consciousness， no longer seeing it as a "And I felt ready to live it all again too。 As if that blind rage had washed me clean， rid me of hope; for the first time， in that night alive with signs and stars， I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world。 Finding it so much like myself-so like a brother， really-I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again" （Albert Camus， 122-123）。 The aforementioned passage has dramatically changed my outlook on death and the cessation of one's consciousness， no longer seeing it as a lack， but rather as a reunion with something that has held me so close for all these years。 。。。more
Hannah L
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poussiéreux
Ajsa B
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“I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate” -wow。
David
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Again goes to show that the length of a book has no correlation whatsoever to how profound an experience it can be and how much reflection it invites。 A timeless classic on the human condition， which is also written in vivid and evocative language。
Amelia
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Just in case I was missing something， I read through a bunch of reviews; I pulled out a French copy to see if the translation I had on audiobook was a hack job; and I tried to think over the book more （I'll give that one more time so I don't rage-post） - but to sum up， this was total [bleep]。 Existentialism isn't my favorite， but I'm familiar enough and frankly holding this one up on existentialist or other philosophical grounds is not sufficient for the rest of it。 All I did was choke on the cr Just in case I was missing something， I read through a bunch of reviews; I pulled out a French copy to see if the translation I had on audiobook was a hack job; and I tried to think over the book more （I'll give that one more time so I don't rage-post） - but to sum up， this was total [bleep]。 Existentialism isn't my favorite， but I'm familiar enough and frankly holding this one up on existentialist or other philosophical grounds is not sufficient for the rest of it。 All I did was choke on the cruelty， staggering privilege， lack of empathy （lazily excused by "nothing matters"）， and prolonged temper tantrum + lack of accountability on behalf of the main character。 The book consistently shifts blame - even where there needn't be any - onto all others aside from Meursault， cosponsored by self-victimization。 This is the *not* review as I'm awaiting a cool-down period， but this was a hard pass and a definite h#ll no on the "does it hold up at all in the 21st century" scale。 。。。more
fernanda
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3。5-4， very raw and different perspective of life from the detached main character， fast read！
Tay
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I read this in the original French， which is not my native language， so perhaps I missed a lot of the nuance due to language barriers。 Regardless， this book was so unbelievably depressing and culminated- to me- in absolutely nothing but to say that humanity is biased？ I don't even know if I'm describing it right honestly。 I'm really sorry if you liked this book， but please get some therapy。 This is coming from a girl whose favorite classic is Catcher in the Rye。 I read this in the original French， which is not my native language， so perhaps I missed a lot of the nuance due to language barriers。 Regardless， this book was so unbelievably depressing and culminated- to me- in absolutely nothing but to say that humanity is biased？ I don't even know if I'm describing it right honestly。 I'm really sorry if you liked this book， but please get some therapy。 This is coming from a girl whose favorite classic is Catcher in the Rye。 。。。more
Erin Funkhouser
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Amazing introduction to absurdism！ I recommend reading the Myth of Sisyphus afterwards to experience an analysis of The Absurd。
Emari Rose
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I really love your story， it deserves a lot of audience。 If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on NovelStar， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top
Rehab Mady
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عنوانها وصف للبطل فهو حقا غريب 。。 هو نفسه لا يفهم نفسه أو ربما لا يريد 。。 هل هو شخصية سيكوباتية أم أنه مجرد شخص بسيط تتساوى عنده الأشياء لأن الحياة لا تستحق 。！
Rebecca
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This was required reading in high school， and I did not like it at all。 Actually， I hated it。 I'm curious， though， if I were to read it again， would my opinion change？ Would I find anything redeeming？ Maybe。 I didn't like Great Gatsby in high school， but it's a favorite now。 （Interesting side note: there is a controversial 80's song inspired by The Stranger。 Our English teacher gave extra credit for figuring it out。 No Google back then， so no extra credit for me。 Hint: The Cure） This was required reading in high school， and I did not like it at all。 Actually， I hated it。 I'm curious， though， if I were to read it again， would my opinion change？ Would I find anything redeeming？ Maybe。 I didn't like Great Gatsby in high school， but it's a favorite now。 （Interesting side note: there is a controversial 80's song inspired by The Stranger。 Our English teacher gave extra credit for figuring it out。 No Google back then， so no extra credit for me。 Hint: The Cure） 。。。more
Omerly Mendoza
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"Todo se desarrollaba sin mi intervención。 Mi suerte se decidía sin pedirme la opinión。" 5★Este libro es increíble。 "Todo se desarrollaba sin mi intervención。 Mi suerte se decidía sin pedirme la opinión。" 5★Este libro es increíble。 。。。more
Ben
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Very rad， I like this author a lot & am reading as much of him as I can。 When reading about some concept that he writes about， it is common to think "I've thought about that before， but why could I never convey the ideas this well！" Very rad， I like this author a lot & am reading as much of him as I can。 When reading about some concept that he writes about， it is common to think "I've thought about that before， but why could I never convey the ideas this well！" 。。。more
Tyler
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The Stranger is a unique read to say the least。 It is told from the point of view of Mersualt， a French-Algerian with the personality and character traits of a saltine cracker。 Or a club cracker。 Honestly just whichever one you consider more bland and overall ~meh~。 To elaborate， Mersault （or the Stranger） is ultimately indifferent to literally everything， including both life and death。 The message of the story is essentially how by not conforming to society， or playing the game if you will， ca The Stranger is a unique read to say the least。 It is told from the point of view of Mersualt， a French-Algerian with the personality and character traits of a saltine cracker。 Or a club cracker。 Honestly just whichever one you consider more bland and overall ~meh~。 To elaborate， Mersault （or the Stranger） is ultimately indifferent to literally everything， including both life and death。 The message of the story is essentially how by not conforming to society， or playing the game if you will， can and will lead to your demise。 I’m sure if I cared to look deeper into existentialism and absurdism I’d find a few more things， but to be quite honest， I don’t。 Not sure what I was expecting with this short read， but it definitely stands out from anything I’ve read before。 。。。more
J。C。
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It's short but feels big。 There's not a lot happening， but the writing sucks you in。 Some of it probably hasn't aged well， and not just the treatment of women， but it all really works in the end。 I'm still a little ？？？？ on （view spoiler）[the murder of the Arab on the beach （hide spoiler）] only because it felt so pointless。 I'm sure I'm not smart enough to deep dive the psychology of the main character， but the questionable motive still irks me。 It's short but feels big。 There's not a lot happening， but the writing sucks you in。 Some of it probably hasn't aged well， and not just the treatment of women， but it all really works in the end。 I'm still a little ？？？？ on （view spoiler）[the murder of the Arab on the beach （hide spoiler）] only because it felt so pointless。 I'm sure I'm not smart enough to deep dive the psychology of the main character， but the questionable motive still irks me。 。。。more
Reference
google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=The Stranger
hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=The Stranger&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,The Stranger&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0