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France · 1942 · Philosophical novel
The Stranger
When a man refuses to perform expected emotions, what kind of judgment awaits him?
The absurdSocial judgmentFreedom & existence
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Meursault describes his mother’s death, ordinary routines, and a sudden event in a nearly neutral voice. The court judges not only what he has done, but the way he refuses to express feeling according to social rules. Camus presents an absurd world and asks how we face existence without fixed answers.
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