The Outsider by Albert Camus

The Outsider by Albert CamusAn existential masterpiece from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century In The Outsider, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in

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and her observations about the way the greatest rural-to-urban migration of modern times has twisted the country resonated deeply

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suddenly breaks all the rules and brings down a Nazi bomber with her bare hands

Of white wine and an old piano and children who want their parents back from the dead

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This wide-ranging and captivating anthology showcases both the power of First Nations writing and the satisfaction of a good short story

'I know of few novels that inspire as much fierce lifelong affection in their readers' Joanna Trollope**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

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