The Stranger/L’Etranger…book review

The Stranger/L’Etranger…book review

where’s the beef?

 

 

Book review:

The Stranger/L’Etranger

 

by Albert Camus (1913-1960)

New York: Vintage International, 1942, 1989

Matthew Ward, trans.

123 pages

 

I know this is Camus’ first novel, and I know Camus is famous.

The Stranger leaves me cold. The prose is wan, the story detail isn’t too interesting, and the protagonist doesn’t step off the pages much.

Try it if you want to.

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The Reader (Der Vorleser)

Not just a rehash of WWII…

by Bernhard Schlink

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