The Outsider
★★★★★ ★
4.03 
499 399 den
Pages 119
Published 01.01.2010
Binding Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books
Dimensions 180 x 114 x 9 mm
Language English
FictionMurderPsychologicalClassicsFranceHomicidePhilosophy20th CenturyHistoryLiterary FictionFrench LiteratureDeathSchoolPhilosophical NovelsNovelaSocial conditionsMedical
Meursault is different. He will not lie. He will not pretend.
He is true to himself.
So when his mother dies and he is unmoved, he refuses to do the proper thing and grieve. Returning to Algiers after the funeral, he carries on life as usual until he becomes involved in a violent murder.
In court, it is clear that Meursault's guilt or innocence will not be determined by what he did or did not do.
He is on trial for being different - an outsider.
He is true to himself.
So when his mother dies and he is unmoved, he refuses to do the proper thing and grieve. Returning to Algiers after the funeral, he carries on life as usual until he becomes involved in a violent murder.
In court, it is clear that Meursault's guilt or innocence will not be determined by what he did or did not do.
He is on trial for being different - an outsider.