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Outsider

«Probably no European writer of his time left so deep a mark on the imagination —Conor Cruise O'Brien»

'One of those books that marks a reader's life indelibly' William Boyd

'A compelling, dreamlike fable' Guardian

In The Outsider, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. 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.

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'One of those books that marks a reader's life indelibly' William Boyd

'A compelling, dreamlike fable' Guardian

In The Outsider, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. 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.

Detaljer

Forlag
Penguin Classics
Innbinding
Paperback
Språk
Engelsk
Sider
144
ISBN
9780241458853
Utgivelsesår
2020
Format
18 x 11 cm

Om forfatteren

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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«Probably no European writer of his time left so deep a mark on the imagination —Conor Cruise O'Brien»

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fredø – 21.11.2004

– 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.

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