num_pages: 159
description: Published in 1942 by French author Albert Camus, The Stranger has long been considered a classic of twentieth-century literature. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its "100 Books of the Century" list. Through this story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on a sundrenched Algerian beach, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."
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: 1016547
places: New Mexico, Algeria, North Africa
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: Matthew Ward
publisher: Vintage International