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The Outsider
Manga Edition
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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The exquisite manga adaptation of one of the world's greatest 20th-century fiction classics. The Outsider begins with the famous line: "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...
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The exquisite manga adaptation of one of the world's greatest 20th-century fiction classics.
The Outsider begins with the famous line: "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 near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law. Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal.
This first in Penguin Modern Classics presents Camus' classic existentialist novel through Ryota Kurumado's powerful artwork. Unlike previous editions of Camus' novel, Meursault and other characters' emotions are drawn out through stunning illustrations and seen for the first time. A rare and challenging feat, Kurumado's manga adaptation makes a novel first published in 1942 feel contemporary.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241703731
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 September 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Ryota Kurumado
- Translated by Ros Schwartz
- Illustrated by Ryota Kurumado
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 145.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 373g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Albert Camus (Author) 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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