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a cartoon depicting two men in suits and one is pointing at another man with his hand out

I have just 'revisited' an old friend, 'The Stranger' or 'The Outsider' by Albert Camus. Perhaps the most thought-provoking beginning (of any novel) is when Meursault, at his mother's funeral, expresses none of the expected emotions of grief. He smokes and drinks coffee in front of the coffin and does not wish to see…

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Paris was never really Camus’s cup of tea, and certainly not when, newly arrived there in the spring of 1940, he was living in a drab hotel room in Montmartre and doing humdrum secretarial work at the newspaper Paris-Soir.

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Albert Camus - The Stranger. Go for a swim, miss your mother's funeral, kill an Arab, just a regular day for your existential hero. I like my pinee's selected quote here:  “I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.” The Stranger Camus, Loves Philosophy, Stranger Albert Camus, Albert Camus Books, The Stranger Book, The Stranger Albert Camus, Septième Art, Jeff Bridges, Senior Project

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a book cover with an image of many faces and the words, the stranger

Albert Camus’ The Stranger captured my existential imagination during my junior year in high school. That was the time when Sartre’s Nausea was also on my top 10 list. Coming out of sophomore year with a heavy dose of Russian nihilism, I was truly up for the existential bareness that those of my age group were comfortable with. I love this edition of The Stranger. The signature “Lionni” was branded on my consciousness. Years later, when Leo Lionni and I became friends, I told

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“I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.” Albert Camus,The Stranger It is a classic philosophical novel published in 1942. It is one of the most famous novels in French literature of the 20th century.

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