Results 1-10 of 196 LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - funstm - LibraryThingI had to read this book for my English class but it's probably one of the best schoolbooks I've read. Many have admitted their annoyance and frustration at the main character's (Mersault) lack of ... Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - funstm - LibraryThingI had to read this book for my English class but it's probably one of the best schoolbooks I've read. Many have admitted their annoyance and frustration at the main character's (Mersault) lack of ... Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - mkfs - LibraryThingI was inspired to do a quick re-read of this novel by good ol' Sparky Sweets, PhD. There are two things that stood out for me, this time. The first is that the refusal of the character to play the ... Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - la2bkk - LibraryThingWhat an interesting novella! Sometimes odd, sometimes humorous, other times poignant and usually absurd. But always interesting. This book was written approximately 80 years ago but still flows as if ... Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - gpower61 - LibraryThingThis short and shattering novel is about a murder on a beach and a man who is condemned not for what he has done but who he is. This Penguin edition includes a brief afterword written by Camus in 1955 ... Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - IonaS - LibraryThingAt first, I didn’t know why this book was called “The Stranger”. All I can think of is that the protagonist Meersault is a stranger to himself, his own higher self. And the priest at the end does say ... Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - DeltaQueen50 - LibraryThingI was rather taken aback by The Stranger by Albert Camus. I had heard that this book was a fine example of both existentialism coupled with absurdism and these terms had me convinced the book would be ... Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - DzejnCrvena - LibraryThingThe name of Camus is one of the most widely-mentioned in some meme groups I'm in. Honestly, I was intimated by his name alone. I was thinking that books by people like him are full of words that I ... Read full review LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - et.carole - LibraryThingCertainly thought provoking. Read full review | User ratings
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