- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Methuen Educ.; New impression edition (25 Jun 1970)
- Language French
- ISBN-10: 0423846108
- ISBN-13: 978-0423846102
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.9 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 541,185 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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L'Etranger has the force and fascination of myth. The outwardly simple narrative of an office clerk who kills an Arab, 'a cause du soleil', and finds himself condemned to death for moral insensibility becomes, in Camus's hands, a powerful image of modern man's impatience before Christian philosophy and conventional social and sexual values. For this new edition Ray Davison makes use of recent critical analysis of L'Etranger to give a full and concise description of Camus's early philosophy of the Absurd and the ideas and preoccupations from which the novel emerges. Davison also discusses the developing pattern of Camus's notion of the art of the novel, his views on 'classicism', simplicity and ambiguity, his fondness for paradox, and his love of everyday situations which yield to mythical interpretation.
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I am a student learning French and German at A-Level and decided the best way to learn another language (I started at age 11) was to read foreign literature. I can recommend L'etranger to anyone who wants not only to learn or improve their French but to anyone with a passion for literature and for French culture. The ideas are profound but expressed simply and Camus' writing style and his choice of character, narrative technique and setting are perfect.
I'm going to start my course at Oxford University this October studying Modern Languages and I owe a great deal of my success to L'etranger. Definitely a brilliant read!
I'm going to start my course at Oxford University this October studying Modern Languages and I owe a great deal of my success to L'etranger. Definitely a brilliant read!
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This book I think is from the 70's so definitely is used (which I knew it would be ) also had vocab section at bottom of pages for colloquial or difficult french. I'm trying to revive my french knowledge so this was a good buy!
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I read this book in English many years ago and thought it was excellent. I purchased this edition to imrove my French. For this purpose I think this is a great little book, enough of a challenge for beginners but not too difficult for someone whose French is fairly weak. Price is good too!
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