Uniform title | Étranger. English (Ward) |
Abstract |
"A young Algerian, Meursault, afflicted with a sort of aimless inertia, becomes embroiled in the petty intrigues of a local pimp and, somewhat inexplicably, ends up killing a man. Once he's imprisoned and eventually brought to trial, his crime, it becomes apparent, is not so much the arguably defensible murder he has committed as it is his deficient character. In the story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a senseless murder on a sun-drenched Algerian beach, Camus was exploring what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd". Now in a new American translation, the classic has been given new life for generations to come."-- Provided by publisher |
Language | Translation of: L'étranger. |
Language | Translated from the French. |
Source of description | Print version record. |
Issued in other form | Print version: Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. Étranger. English (Ward). Stranger. 1st Vintage International ed. New York, NY : Vintage International, 1989 0679720200 |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
Genre/form | Philosophical fiction. |
Genre/form | Novels. |
Genre/form | Fiction. |
Genre/form | Adventure fiction. |
Genre/form | Philosophical fiction. |
Genre/form | Novels. |
Genre/form | Romans. |
ISBN | 9780307827661 (electronic bk.) |
ISBN | 0307827666 (electronic bk.) |
ISBN | 9781299045811 (MyiLibrary) |
ISBN | 1299045812 (MyiLibrary) |
Stock number | C5D2C2C1-2FC0-489E-BD09-3AA4F47E06E1 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com |