The most famous novel from existentialist icon Albert Camus. It has everything that makes people want to read books; it’s fast, plain spoken and deeply thought provoking. After Meursault kills another man on the beach in a moment of sun-blinded confusion, he is arrested and taken to trial. There, he is accused not so much for the murder, but for his entire life of non-emotion (exhibit A - he did not cry at his mother’s funeral).
A week ago he was on holiday - now he’s sentenced to death. Both a snappy introduction to existential lit and a lesson in philosophic cool; a must read for everyone.
128 Pages
Camus, A. (2010). The outsider. London: Hamish Hamilton.
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