num_pages: 154
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." This edition includes the original English translation by Stuart Gilbert, first published in 1946.
language: English
title: The Stranger
titlecomplete: The Stranger
characters: Salamano, Raymond Sintès, Meursault, Marie Cardona
genres: 20th Century, Philosophy, French Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, School, Literature, Classics, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 1016488
places: New Mexico, Algeria, North Africa
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: Matthew Ward
publisher: Vintage