– 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
Albert Camus' existentialist masterpiece, now in a wonderful new Clothbound Classics edition
In The Outsider, his classic existentialist novel, 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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Albert Camus' existentialist masterpiece, now in a wonderful new Clothbound Classics edition
In The Outsider, his classic existentialist novel, 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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- Forlag
- Penguin Classics
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 128
- ISBN
- 9780241554401
- Utgivelsesår
- 2022
- Format
- 21 x 14 cm
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«Probably no European writer of his time left so deep a mark on the imagination»
Conor Cruise O'Brien