Looking for The Stranger: Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary Classic

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Synopsis
A New York Times Notable Book. A literary exploration that is &“surely destined to become the quintessential companion to Camus&’s most enduring novel&” (PopMatters). The Stranger is a rite of passage for readers around the world. Since its publication in France in 1942, Camus&’s novel has been translated into sixty languages and sold more than six million copies. It&’s the rare novel that&’s as likely to be found in a teen&’s backpack as in a graduate philosophy seminar. If the twentieth century produced a novel that could be called ubiquitous, The Stranger is it. How did a young man in his twenties who had never written a novel turn out a masterpiece that still grips readers more than seventy years later? With Looking for The Stranger, Alice Kaplan tells that story. In the process, she reveals Camus&’ achievement to have been even more impressive—and more unlikely—than even his most devoted readers knew. &“To this new project, Kaplan brings equally honed skills as a historian, literary critic, and biographer . . . Reading The Stranger is a bracing but somewhat bloodless experience. Ms. Kaplan has hung warm flesh on its steely bones.&” —The New York Times &“For American readers, few French novels are better known, and few scholars are better qualified than Kaplan to reintroduce us to it . . . Kaplan tells this story with great verve and insight, all the while preserving the mystery of its creation and elusiveness of its meaning.&” —Los Angeles Review of Books &“The fascinating story behind Albert Camus&’ coldblooded masterpiece . . . A compelling companion to a novel that has stayed strange.&” —Kirkus Reviews
Copyright:
2016

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
304 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780226241708
Related ISBNs:
9780226565361
Publisher:
The University of Chicago Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Alice Kaplan
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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