The Outsider, 9780241703731
Paperback
Apathy, alienation, and a shocking act: justice or injustice?

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    19 November 2024

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Summary

The Outsider: A Manga Adaptation of Camus’ Classic

‘My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know.’

A stranger to society, a stranger to his own life, Meursault seems indifferent to everything. In The Outsider, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun-drenched beach nea…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241703731
ISBN-10:0241703735
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
Author:Albert Camus, Ryota Kurumado, Ros Schwartz
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:19 November 2024
Weight:373g
Dimensions:210mm x 145mm x 23mm
About The Author

Albert Camus

Albert Camus (1913-60) grew up in a working-class neighbourhood in Algiers. He studied philosophy at the University of Algiers and became a journalist. His most important works include The Outsider, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Plague and The Fall. After the occupation of France by the Germans in 1941, Camus became one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement. He was killed in a road accident and his last unfinished novel, The First Man, appeared posthumously.

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