01481cam a2200349 4500 295888158 TxAuBib 20100106120000.0 030503s1946||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 88040378 9780679420262 hc. $22.00 0679420266 hc. $22.00 TxAuBib eng fre Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. The stranger [BOOK] / Albert Camus ; translated from the French by Stuart Gilber. Etranger. New York : Knopf, 1946. xxxvi, 117 pages ; 22 cm. Everyman's library ; 139 Translation of: L'étranger. "Originally published as L'etranges ... 1942". Includes bibliographical references (p. xxviii-xxix). When a young Algerian named Meursault kills a man, his subsequent imprisonment and trial are puzzling and absurd. The apparently amoral Meursault--who puts little stock in ideas like love and God--seems to be on trial less for his murderous actions, and more for what the authorities believe is his deficient character. 20220705. Murder Fiction. Algeria Fiction. Young adult fiction. Nobel Prize winning authors. Gilbert, Stuart. Everyman's library ; 139.