| The Stranger Contributor(s): Camus, Albert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679720200 ISBN-13: 9780679720201 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1989 Annotation: Through the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 88040378 |
| Lexile Measure: 880 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.30 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - North Africa - Catalog Heading - Classics - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 5997 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, Camus's masterpiece gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. Behind the intrigue, 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. First published in 1946; now in translation by Matthew Ward. |