num_pages: 143
description: He was the brother of the Arab killed by the infamous Meursault the antihero of Camuss classic novel. Seventy years after that event Harun who has lived since childhood in the shadow of his siblings memory refuses to let him remain anonymous: he gives his brother a story and a nameMusaand describes the events that led to Musas casual murder on a dazzlingly sunny beach. In a bar in Oran night after night he ruminates on his solitude on his broken heart on his anger with men desperate for a god and on his disarray when faced with a country that has so disappointed him. A stranger among his own people he wants to be granted finally the right to die. The Stranger is of course central to Daouds story in which he both endorses and criticizes one of the most famous novels in the world. A worthy complement to its great predecessor The Meursault Investigation is not only a profound meditation on Arab identity and the disastrous effects of colonialism in Algeria but also a stunning work of literature in its own right told in a unique and affecting voice.
language: English
title: The Meursault Investigation
publisher: Other Press