The Stranger
L'Étranger
A great book. First published AD 1942, written in French
The Stranger, also published in English as The Outsider, is a 1942 novella written by French author Albert Camus. The first of Camus's novels to be published, the story follows Meursault, an indifferent man in French Algeria, who, weeks after his mother's funeral, kills an unnamed Arab man in Algiers. The story is divided into two parts, presenting Meursault's first-person narrative before and after the killing.
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Where it is set
- Algiers
Algeria
The day after the funeral Meursault returns to Algiers and encounters Marie, a former secretary of his firm. Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
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