{"product_id":"the-stranger-by-albert-camus-9798536940525","title":"The Stranger","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e is the enigmatic first novel by Albert Camus, published in French as \u003cem\u003eL'Étranger\u003c\/em\u003e in 1942. It was published as \u003cem\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/em\u003e in England and as \u003cem\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e in the United States. Camus utilised \u003cem\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e as a platform to explore absurdity, a concept central to his writings and at the core of his treatment of questions about the meaning of life. Camus's concept of the absurd implores people to accept life's lack of meaning and rebel by rejoicing in what life does offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElements of this philosophy can be seen in the protagonist, Meursault, as he refuses to behave as if there is meaning where there is none—or, as Camus himself put it in a preface to \u003cem\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e, Meursault \"does not play the game.\" Society thus feels threatened and cuts off Meursault's head. Similar themes can be seen in Camus's essay \u003cem\u003eLe Mythe de Sisyphe\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Myth of Sisyphus\u003c\/em\u003e), also published in 1942.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eALBERT CAMUS\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Mondovi, Algeria, in 1913. After winning a degree in philosophy, he worked at various jobs, ending up in journalism. In the thirties he ran a theatrical company, and during the war was active in the French Resistance, editing an important underground paper, \u003cem\u003eCombat\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong his major works are four widely praised works of fiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e (1946), \u003cem\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/em\u003e (1948), \u003cem\u003eThe Fall\u003c\/em\u003e (1957), and \u003cem\u003eExile and the Kingdom\u003c\/em\u003e (1958); a volume of plays, \u003cem\u003eCaligula and Three Other Plays\u003c\/em\u003e (1958); and two books of philosophical essays, \u003cem\u003eThe Rebel\u003c\/em\u003e (1954) and \u003cem\u003eThe Myth of Sisyphus\u003c\/em\u003e (1955), both of which are available in the Vintage series. Albert Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. He was killed in an automobile accident on January 4, 1960.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47643404173548,"sku":"9798536940525","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/63ab7cfc144ed0c6e81651b8f04d8ca7.jpg?v=1779227336","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-stranger-by-albert-camus-9798536940525","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}