num_pages: 144
description: Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in English in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward.
language: English
title: The Stranger
titlecomplete: The Stranger
characters: Raymond Sintès, Marie Cardona, Meursault, Salamano
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, School, Literary Fiction, Novels, Philosophy, France, Fiction, French Literature
ratings_count: 1016519
places: Algeria, North Africa, New Mexico
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: Matthew Ward
publisher: Vintage International