The Outsider

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  Meursault draws the curtain.

  It's often quoted the terrible incipit of this novel. I think that the close is by no means inferior to it:

  "For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries ... (continue)

  It's often quoted the terrible incipit of this novel. I think that the close is by no means inferior to it:

  "For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate".

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  Esse est percipi said on Sep 3, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  a reassurance sort of thing

  to me, existentialism is all about being absolute honest with oneself and, as a consequence, getting fucked up from time to time, it doesn't matter whether one is an atheist or a mormon.

  yet, had our poor meursault has had half the luck that abraham had, then he'd be able to live another twenty ye ... (continue)

  to me, existentialism is all about being absolute honest with oneself and, as a consequence, getting fucked up from time to time, it doesn't matter whether one is an atheist or a mormon.

  yet, had our poor meursault has had half the luck that abraham had, then he'd be able to live another twenty years and write the book himself. hmm, about that...

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  toni said on Aug 29, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Shows how the world actually is, rather than a romanticized version of life.

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  AlteredSoul said on Nov 3, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Wonderful book with strong characters. It gives big steps for life.

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  Mkoukoumakis said on May 19, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  L’Étranger[The Stranger]

  Wonderful book, every time he commits to something new, or his opinion his ideas are not always accepted by society. When he justified his mothers death to him it was it, he felt nothing he couldn't or in some instances did not want to express emotion, for this the father looked at him as if he were ... (continue)

  Wonderful book, every time he commits to something new, or his opinion his ideas are not always accepted by society. When he justified his mothers death to him it was it, he felt nothing he couldn't or in some instances did not want to express emotion, for this the father looked at him as if he were insane.
  -After each memory or event in your life, read this book to attain a new meaning and understanding.

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  Loveculture20 said on Jun 6, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  think differently, act differently, it what absurdism is?

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  drian said on Jul 28, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 127 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1857151399
• ISBN-13: 9781857151398
• Publisher: David Campbell (Everyman's Library, 139)
• Pub date: May 01, 1998
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD, School & Library Binding, Unbound and Others
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