The Stranger

sebuah novel oleh Albert Camus. It is one of the best-known examples of existentialism, and one of the most famous novels of the twentieth century. Ini adalah salah satu contoh paling terkenal dari eksistensialisme, dan salah satu yang paling terkenal dari novel abad kedua puluh. The novel tells the story of an alienated, anomic French man, Meursault, who eventually kills a Middle Eastern man in...more

sebuah novel oleh Albert Camus. It is one of the best-known examples of existentialism, and one of the most famous novels of the twentieth century. Ini adalah salah satu contoh paling terkenal dari eksistensialisme, dan salah satu yang paling terkenal dari novel abad kedua puluh. The novel tells the story of an alienated, anomic French man, Meursault, who eventually kills a Middle Eastern man in Algiers . Kalau tetap memberitahu cerita yang menjadikan, anomic Perancis manusia, Meursault, yang akhirnya membunuh seorang pria Timur Tengah di Aljazair. At the trial, the prosecution calls him a remorseless killer, and he is convicted, and waits to be executed. Pada uji coba, penuntutan panggilan dia pembunuh yang kejam, dan ia dihukum, dan menunggu untuk dieksekusi. In the prison cell he assumes a role as a passive individual and realizes this because Aaron the Arab wont share his waffle crisps. Dalam sel penjara dia anggap peran sebagai individu dan pasif menyadari ini karena Harun Arab kebiasaan berbagi itu omongan crisps. The book uses a pre-World War II Algeria in setting drawn from Camus's own upbringing. Buku menggunakan pra-Perang Dunia II di Aljazair pengaturan diambil dari Camus sendiri asuhan.   hide

One of the best 100 books of the 20th century.

Multi-layered prose befitting a true reflection on how society, and ultimately men, can be a farse of their own making.

I recently read This is How by M.J Hyland (which is essentially a much better re-telling of this story) and absolutely LOVED it, so I think my opinion of The Stranger is worse than it would have been had I read it a year ago. While the story is interesting and the subject-matter tackled fairly well, I found it to be too simply written for me to fully get into. Lost in translation, perhaps? A...more

I recently read This is How by M.J Hyland (which is essentially a much better re-telling of this story) and absolutely LOVED it, so I think my opinion of The Stranger is worse than it would have been had I read it a year ago. While the story is interesting and the subject-matter tackled fairly well, I found it to be too simply written for me to fully get into. Lost in translation, perhaps? A quick and easy read, nonetheless.   hide

I personally find more meaning in life than Camus apparently did.That being said he does an excellent job in portraying life as one who knows no God must be.everything from the lapsing into a carnal life to a lack of sympathy for others is portrayed here.This character is increasingly governed by his flesh and with no after life to worry about has no fear of consequences nor any guiding moral...more

I personally find more meaning in life than Camus apparently did.That being said he does an excellent job in portraying life as one who knows no God must be.everything from the lapsing into a carnal life to a lack of sympathy for others is portrayed here.This character is increasingly governed by his flesh and with no after life to worry about has no fear of consequences nor any guiding moral principle but if it feels good do it.In the end his senses take over & he kills a man for no other reason than he felt like it and he was annoyed by him.too much is made of his period of discovery when the priest asks him to repent.he never believed anything so it only follows that he rejects the priests attempts to reconcile with god. this might be a thrilling passage for an atheist to read but just seems sad to the rest of us.The part that does not ring true is that camus's stranger also seems to have no instinct for self preservation.either that or he just thinks it is pointless and he is depressed about the lack of an afterlife.In the end Camus makes a strong case that we people need a God in that without him the Stranger comes to no good end.   hide

Its such an incredible analyzation of the human psyche. "Mother died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know..." It was such a strange intro, but those first lines established the charecter so well and unwaveringly, I loved it. "I knew that I had shattered the harmony of the day, the exceptional silence of a beach where I'd been happy. Then I fired four more times at the motionless body where...more

Its such an incredible analyzation of the human psyche. "Mother died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know..." It was such a strange intro, but those first lines established the charecter so well and unwaveringly, I loved it. "I knew that I had shattered the harmony of the day, the exceptional silence of a beach where I'd been happy. Then I fired four more times at the motionless body where the bullets lodged without leaving a trace. Each shot was a knock against the door of my inevitable undoing." I wanted to scream when I had finished that page!! It laged off a little (or at least took a completely different feel) after that, but its still a really great book.   hide

Meursault is a difficult figure to understand, and yet irrespective of what one thinks of his moral attitude, throughout he remains true to himself. Camus writes that “Far from lacking sensibility, he is driven by a tenacious and therefore profound passion, the passion for an absolute and for truth”. In the course of this read, I kept being reminded of Prince Myshkin and Nastasya Filippovna...more

Meursault is a difficult figure to understand, and yet irrespective of what one thinks of his moral attitude, throughout he remains true to himself. Camus writes that “Far from lacking sensibility, he is driven by a tenacious and therefore profound passion, the passion for an absolute and for truth”. In the course of this read, I kept being reminded of Prince Myshkin and Nastasya Filippovna in Dostoevsky’s The Idiot, who were also treated as societal misfits for their uncompromising honesty. Here too, one admires Meursault for his ‘ridiculous fidelity’ in the face of social pretence and premeditation around him. He refuses to partake in duplicitousness, to ‘play the game’, and for that he is condemned by society. In his unyielding candour, Meursault refuses to display emotions that he does not feel, or participate in social conventions calling for dishonesty. Meursault, is judged guilty for his failure to exhibit grief at his mother's funeral in a manner deemed acceptable or ‘normal’ by the rest of society.   hide

Such mixed feelings about this book: some parts so lucid, other parts so inexplicable. I'll be doing some lit crit research to see if it makes more sense after that.

Incredible and so mind blowing - to see into a man who is in many ways a Stranger to most people in his way of looking at life. He lives in the moment, does not really have the emotions and thoughts that others have, and because of it he commits a crime but is tried for a different one. The end was perhaps the most mind crushing of all, delving into thoughts I had never considered, myself not...more

Incredible and so mind blowing - to see into a man who is in many ways a Stranger to most people in his way of looking at life. He lives in the moment, does not really have the emotions and thoughts that others have, and because of it he commits a crime but is tried for a different one. The end was perhaps the most mind crushing of all, delving into thoughts I had never considered, myself not having been sentenced to die.   hide