– Romanen handler om menneskets isolasjon og nederlag overfor tilfeldighetens spill. Den unge Meursault lever et enkelt liv inntil han blir innblandet i et absurd mord. Under rettsaken er det som om han selv står utenfor det hele i en uvirkelig og fremmedgjordt verden, og selve dommen har ingenting med ham selv å gjøre. Romanen er fengslende oppbygd, og enormt tankevekkende i sin originalitet. Hovedpersonens fremmedgjøring skildres utrolig godt, og verdens absurditet tas på kornet. Dette er en bok det virkelig er verdt å ta seg tid til å reflektere over, og som jeg ble veldig fascinert av. Den kan anbefales på det varmeste.
Outsider
«Probably no European writer of his time left so deep a mark on the imagination —Conor Cruise O'Brien»
The Outsider is an enduring classic of existential writing by Albert Camus
'Mother died today.
Or maybe yesterday, I don't know'
Meursault is different. He will not lie. He will not pretend.
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The Outsider is an enduring classic of existential writing by Albert Camus
'Mother died today.
Or maybe yesterday, I don't know'
Meursault is different. He will not lie. He will not pretend.
He is true to himself.
So when his mother dies and he is unmoved, he refuses to do the proper thing and grieve. Returning to Algiers after the funeral, he carries on life as usual until he becomes involved in a violent murder.
In court, it is clear that Meursault's guilt or innocence will not be determined by what he did or did not do.
He is on trial for being different - an outsider.
'The story of a beach murder, one of the century's classic novels. Blood and sand' J.G. Ballard
'A compelling, dreamlike fable' Guardian
Albert Camus was born in Algeria in 1913. He studied philosophy in Algiers and then worked in Paris as a journalist. He was one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement and, after the War, established his international reputation as a writer. His books include The Plague, The Just and The Fall, and he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. Camus was killed in a road accident in 1960.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 128
- ISBN
- 9780241950050
- Utgivelsesår
- 2010
- Format
- 18 x 11 cm
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«Probably no European writer of his time left so deep a mark on the imagination —Conor Cruise O'Brien»