Title: Camus' " The Stranger"
First published: 1979
Description: The meaninglessness and randomness of life was a constant theme in Camus's writing. This story is absurd, yet touches a chord within the reader that surely will resonate for years to come. A man is condemned to beheading because he was indifferent at his mother's funeral. In prison he finds freedom and happiness. Death becomes his greatest moment of life.
Subjects: Literary Criticism, Nonfiction, Fiction, general, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author)