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{{work|wppage=The Stranger (Camus novel)}}
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| title = The Stranger
| original title = L'Étranger
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| author = Albert Camus
| central theme = The effects and dangers of social alienation.
| elevator pitch = The internal monologue of a extremely emotionally deatached young man, as his complete distance from social mores and human emotions drives him into jerkassery and homicide.
| genre =
| publication date = 1942
| source page exists =
| wiki URL =
| wiki name =
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{{quote|''Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know.''}}
The first novel of [[Albert Camus]], published in
'''Short version:''' An emotionally detached young man learns that his mother's dead, gets engaged to his girlfriend for no particular reason, shoots a man for ''[[Rule of Symbolism|getting the sun]] [[Disproportionate Retribution|into his eye at that time]]'', has a bunch of philosophical existential internal monologues and conversations in prison, and is convicted and executed mostly for being a Jerkass.▼
▲'''Short version:''' An emotionally detached young man learns that his mother's dead, gets engaged to his girlfriend for no particular reason, shoots a man for ''[[Rule of Symbolism|getting the sun]] [[Disproportionate Retribution|into his eye at that time]]'', has a bunch of philosophical existential internal monologues and conversations in prison, and is convicted and executed mostly for being a [[Jerkass]].
Two film adaptations of the book exist: ''Lo Straniero'' (1967) and ''Yazgi'' (2001)
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* [[Absurdism]]: An early specimen and one of the best known non-theatre examples.
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[[Category:Literature of the 1940s]]
[[Category:French Literature]]
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