{"product_id":"the-outsider-9780241554401","title":"The Outsider","description":"By: Albert Camus     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e is an enduring classic of existential writing by Albert Camus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Mother died today. \u003cbr\u003eOr maybe yesterday, I don't know'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeursault is different. He will not lie. He will not pretend. \u003cbr\u003eHe is true to himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo  when his mother dies and he is unmoved, he refuses to do the proper  thing and grieve. Returning to Algiers after the funeral, he carries on  life as usual until he becomes involved in a violent murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn court, it is clear that Meursault's guilt or innocence will not be determined by what he did or did not do. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is on trial for being different - an outsider.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The story of a beach murder, one of the century's classic novels. Blood and sand'  \u003ci\u003eJ.G. Ballard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A compelling, dreamlike fable'  \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlbert Camus was born in Algeria in 1913. He studied philosophy in Algiers and then worked in Paris as a journalist. He was one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement and, after the War, established his international reputation as a writer. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Just\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFall\u003c\/i\u003e, and he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. Camus was killed in a road accident in 1960.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics \/ Penguin \/ Everyman","offers":[{"title":"GB - Paperback \/ softback (9780141198064)","offer_id":44617885712611,"sku":"DTRPRUK-9780141198064","price":92.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB - Paperback \/ softback (9780241458853)","offer_id":44481023508707,"sku":"DTRPRUK-9780241458853","price":83.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB - Paperback \/ softback (9780241950050)","offer_id":44617994109155,"sku":"DTRPRUK-9780241950050","price":83.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB - Hardback (9780241554401)","offer_id":44480924549347,"sku":"DTRPRUK-9780241554401","price":139.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB - Hardback (9781857151398)","offer_id":44618177446115,"sku":"DTRPRUK-9781857151398","price":139.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/61ZrtvLaUBL._SL1500.jpg?v=1776918727","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/the-outsider-9780241554401","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}