{"product_id":"the-stranger-9780679720201","title":"The Stranger by Camus, Albert","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith the intrigue of a psychological thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e--Camus's masterpiece--gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. With an Introduction by Peter Dunwoodie; translated by Matthew Ward.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBehind the subterfuge, Camus explores what he termed \"the nakedness of man faced with the absurd\" and describes the condition of reckless alienation and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of twentieth-century life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e is a strikingly modern text and Matthew Ward's translation will enable readers to appreciate why Camus's stoical anti-hero and ­devious narrator remains one of the key expressions of a postwar Western malaise, and one of the cleverest exponents of a literature of ambiguity.\" --from the Introduction by Peter Dunwoodie \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1946; now in translation by Matthew Ward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Albert Camus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679720201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e5997 \/ Stranger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Algeria in 1913, Albert Camus published \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e-now one of the most widely read novels of this century-in 1942. Celebrated in intellectual circles, Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. On January 4, 1960, he was killed in a car accident.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43655903314073,"sku":"9780679720201","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_a5199386-b6cc-49eb-8272-1ed0d4f96344.jpg?v=1724681860","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/the-stranger-9780679720201","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}