The Outsider

Manga Edition

Albert Camus, Ros Schwartz, Ryota Kurumado

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Penguin
03 December 2024

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Graphic novels: Manga; Graphic novels: literary & memoirs; Fiction in translation

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

The exquisite manga adaptation of one of the world's greatest 20th century fiction classics

'My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.'

A stranger to society, a stranger to his own life, Meursault seems indifferent to everything. In The Outsider, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law. Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal.

A first in Penguin Modern Classics, Camus' classic existentialist novel is told through Ryota Kurumado's powerful artwork. Unlike previous editions of Camus' novel, Meursault and other characters' emotions are drawn out through stunning illustrations and seen for the first time. A rare and challenging feat, Kurumado's manga adaptation makes a novel first published in 1942 feel contemporary.

By: Albert Camus
Illustrated by: Ryota Kurumado
Translated by: Ros Schwartz
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 373g
ISBN: 9780241703731
ISBN 10: 0241703735
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 03 December 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Albert Camus (Author) Albert Camus (1913-60) grew up in a working-class neighbourhood in Algiers. He studied philosophy at the University of Algiers, and became a journalist. His most important works include The Outsider, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Plague and The Fall. After the occupation of France by the Germans in 1941, Camus became one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement. He was killed in a road accident, and his last unfinished novel, The First Man, appeared posthumously.