The Stranger

Albert Camus’s famous 1942 novel "The Stranger" is a masterpiece of absurdist philosophy. It tells the story of Meursault, who remains indifferent to his mother's death and inexplicably kills an Arab man on a beach. Rather than for the crime itself, he is sentenced to death for refusing to fake emotions expected by society. The novel explores the absurdity of existence, individual freedom, and human alienation from social hypocrisy.