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is a rite of passage for readers around the world. Since its publication in France in 1942, Camus's novel has been translated into sixty languages and sold more than six million copies. It's the rare novel that's as likely to be found in a teen's backpack as in a graduate philosophy seminar. If the twentieth century produced a novel that could be called ubiquitous,
is it.
How did a young man in his twenties who had never written a novel turn out a masterpiece that still grips readers more than seventy years later? With
, Alice Kaplan tells that story. In the process, she reveals Camus' achievement to have been even more impressive—and more unlikely—than even his most devoted readers knew.
"To this new project, Kaplan brings equally honed skills as a historian, literary critic, and biographer . . . Reading
is a bracing but somewhat bloodless experience. Ms. Kaplan has hung warm flesh on its steely bones." —
"For American readers, few French novels are better known, and few scholars are better qualified than Kaplan to reintroduce us to it . . . Kaplan tells this story with great verve and insight, all the while preserving the mystery of its creation and elusiveness of its meaning." —
"The fascinating story behind Albert Camus' coldblooded masterpiece . . . A compelling companion to a novel that has stayed strange." —
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“I picked this up at BEA in 2014 and I thought it was about time to get it read. (Nowadays, I probably wouldn't even have picked it up, but, hey! It was a free book.)\
Sometimes complicated life and look at Albert Camus's life and that of his book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49552.The_Stranger . Neither had an easy life. The politics of the 1940s were very disrupting to both.”
“<strong>Insights into Camus’ Stranger</strong>
Insights into Camus’ Stranger. An English professor investigates the background and history of Camus’ The Stranger - which won the Nobel prize and was often used as an example of exploring existentialist philosophy - although Camus denied that. It follows Camus throughout his life until his death and examines his struggles with writing the Stranger - as well as his indebtedness to other writers. I certainly ended with a deeper appreciation of the book.
I just recently read the book and as a 78 year old retired surgeon perhaps have a different perspective on the concept of life as ‘absurd.’ I saw too many people undergo potentially life threatening procedures and struggle to stay alive and recover to be able to identify with the idea of life as ‘absurd’ and that suicide is a legitimate choice. Nonetheless I find the book and its examination fascinating.”
“captivating and brilliantly researched”
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