The Stranger

Written by Albert Camus Matthew Ward

Published in

About "The Stranger"

Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in English in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward.

Genres
  • Classics
  • Fiction
  • Philosophy
  • France
  • Literature
  • Novels
  • French Literature
  • School
  • 20th Century
  • Literary Fiction
awards
  • PEN Translation Prize for Matthew Ward (1989)
ISBN ? pages 123 publisher Vintage International series settings
  • Algeria
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