The Stranger, by Albert Camus

[@raymondrich1977]

One of my favorite books of all time !

[@brynleyjones2674]

This is such a great philosophy book to read as a teenager. It's short, easy to read, and pretty entertaining with interesting ideas.

[@Boxer309]

I read 'The Stranger' maybe 10 years ago and plan to reread it soon, hoping to draw more from it this time. I just happen to be currently reading 'The First Man', also by Camus, and enjoying it very much. Thanks for the great video.

[@reaganwiles_art]

Thanks. Have not read this since my late teens. I read passages to my friends then and we'd laugh. Mersault's response to the priest was a salient moment in the book for me. I felt M. was speaking for me, and for many.

[@alfredofloyd]

What are some of the options for metaphysical, philosophical dialogues on your tool kit? Thanks.

[@MayberryBookclub]

Right now I'm reading Doctor Faustus, by Thomas Mann, that's a good example of what I was talking about.

[@emilymatienzo5922]

Terrific vid! I appreciate the way you open your mind to the literature, think about it, and respond to it. You make it seem like play. I read this book a long time ago, in high school. I enjoyed your review of it. Thank you.

[@chrisbeveridge3066]

To lable Meursault as marginal and anti social / misfit DOES NOT correspond to his everyday behavior or situation in society at large...he himself says" I wanted to assure him( judge) that I was just like everyone else,EXACTLY like everyone else." Meursault is not a detached unemotional outsider, not an automaton incapable of reflection or pleasure...his actions and statements are the direct consequence of a philosophical stance which rejects widespread social and moral norms ..he espouses alternative values...Meursault's primary concern is with immediate sensual gratification...the natural world is the primary source of such pleasure ...Marie is the embodiment of those natural elements...the role of the sun dominates the novel and provides the heros moments of greatest intensity and feelings of happiness.. Camus states: Meursault is" in love with a sun which leaves no shadows. FAR FROM LACKING ALL SENSIBILITY, HE IS DRIVEN BY A TENACIOUS AND THEREFORE PROFOUND PASSION, THE PASSION FOR AN ABSOLUTE AND FOR TRUTH." values that propose lucidity regarding man's mortality and the inanity of beliefs and responses ( religion and philosophy)designed to screen the reality thereof. he knows that" men die and are not happy". don't criticize what you don't understand o my brother!

[@EldenLord737]

Hi, i am a non-native English speaker , Is this book easy to read ?

[@lauracoptero]

me too. i found his sentences to be short, simple and very straightforward throughout most of the book, but in the ending you do have to have a good reading comprehension because the writing shifts quite a bit

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

No, _The Plague_ was my youthful Camus experience (twice) but I don’t think I’d revisit it.

[@ILoveAsuka]

stop saying um

[@MayberryBookclub]

um

[@chhhhhris]

I don't know. It kind of seems Mersault was just trying to do a kind of collective-punishment, but maybe didn't realize, not all Arabs are the same, or those are different Arabs. Kind of a 1900's logic problem. The Yemeni's carry those traditional Jambiya.