L’étranger
L'Étranger est le premier roman publié d’Albert Camus, paru en 1942. Il prend place dans la tétralogie que Camus nommera « cycle de l’absurde » qui décrit les fondements de la philosophie camusienne: l’absurde. Le roman a été traduit en soixante-huit langues.
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- The Outsider (L'Étranger) will give you something to think about. Camus' idea with this novel was to see what would happen to a character who went through life only telling the truth.
- I was amused to see "The Outsider" and "The Stranger" as two books by Albert Camus, though "The Outsider" seems to link to novels by Colin Wilson and Stephen King. "L'Étranger" is a good book and not too hard to read in French because it's written in a colloquial style, or you could read one of the many translations: at least four just in English.
There are a lot of books in that list that I liked so I should probably pay some attention to the ones that I haven't yet looked at.
- Heart of darkness is very short and fits into those great books like L'Etranger and the Old Man and the Sea that can be usefully read in an afternoon and give back way more than they demand from you.
Republic is quite long but very approachable and I really enjoyed it.
Again the mythical man month still holds true and it very readable. It's interesting for anyone interested in computing history as well as for it's key points on management.
- Additionally I've got a lot out of:
The Old Man and the Sea - Hemmingway L'Etranger - Camus The Castle / The Trial - Kafka
- I think you were being gently mocked for your spelling there.
(Read L'Étranger, it's great!)
- The Stranger (L’Étranger) by Albert Camus is an excellent novel. I'm sure many HNers can relate to the main character.
