num_pages: 119
description: 'The sky seemed to rip apart from end to end to pour fire down upon me'Meursault will not conform. 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, his lack of remorse only compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and law.Albert Camus' portrayal of a man confronting the absurdity of human life became an existentialist classic. Yet it is also a book filled with quiet joy in the "tender indifference" of the physical world, and Sandra Smith's new translation based on listening to a recording of Camus reading aloud, sensitively renders the subtleties and dreamlike atmosphere of The Outsider.
language: English
title: The Outsider
titlecomplete: The Outsider
characters: Salamano, Meursault, Raymond Sintès, Marie Cardona
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Novels, Philosophy, School, French Literature, Classics, Fiction, Literary Fiction, France
ratings_count: 1017756
places: New Mexico, Algeria, North Africa
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: Matthew Ward
publisher: Penguin Classic