In “Strangers,” Camus explores the alienation of individuals who refuse to conform to social norms. Meursault as a character in this novel is both a victim and a villain. He showed no sadness when his mother died. And when he committed murder, his lack of remorse added to his guilt in the eyes of the law.
Camus’ “Stranger” became popular when his reviews appeared in the newspapers. It is always said that this book is the ‘best book after the world war.’ In the midst of the emergence of literary works at that time, this novel itself felt foreign. The novel comes from across the equator, from across the sea; in a bitter spring without coal. He tells the story of the sun not as an exotic wonder but with the drab familiarity of those who enjoy it too much; he doesn’t care about re-imposing old ways with his own hands, or covering us with feelings of worthlessness. People will remember when they read it that there was once a work that stood alone without trying to prove anything. —Jean-Paul Sartre