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The Stranger
by Albert Camus
Meursault, indifferent to his mother's death, kills a man and is condemned less for the act than for not weeping. Camus's short novel of the absurd.
Read it if…
you want the absurd dramatized.
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Skip it if…
you want a hero to like.
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Three things you will actually use
- Society punishes difference.
- Honesty has a cost.
- Face the benign indifference of the universe.
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Read it in a sitting.
Our verdict
Camus's absurd hero.
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