<Li> 1946 (Hamish Hamilton, English) </Li> <Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 159 </Td> </Tr> <P> L'Étranger (The Outsider (UK), or The Stranger (US)) is a 1942 novel by French author Albert Camus . Its theme and outlook are often cited as examples of Camus' philosophy of the absurd and existentialism, though Camus personally rejected the latter label . </P> <P> The title character is Meursault, an indifferent French Algerian described as "a citizen of France domiciled in North Africa, a man of the Mediterranean, an homme du midi yet one who hardly partakes of the traditional Mediterranean culture". He attends his mother's funeral . A few days later, he kills an Arab man in French Algiers, who was involved in a conflict with a friend . Meursault is tried and sentenced to death . The story is divided into two parts, presenting Meursault's first - person narrative view before and after the murder, respectively . </P>

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