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Meursault

the 20th-century indifferent man to whom things happen because he allows them to. [Fr. Lit.: Camus The Stranger in Weiss, 445]

See: Anti-Heroism

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Aujourd'hui encore, je suis capable d'en reciter quelques-unes : l'incipit, le dialogue entre Meursault et Marie a propos de l'amour et du mariage, la scene du meurtre de l'Arabe sur la plage, Meursault exprimant ses souffrances a cause du soleil et de la chaleur, la scene du jugement, certaines repliques absurdes de Meursault au president du tribunal, le procureur reclamant la tete de l'accuse, le verdict...

Mohamed Nedali: [beaucoup moins que]Pour un ecrivain, lire est une question d'honnetete intellectuelle[beaucoup plus grand que] - ALBAYANE

Lors de son ecriture de son premier roman [beaucoup moins que] La mort heureuse [beaucoup plus grand que], surgit dans ses notes une autre histoire, celle d'un homme condamne a mort ; celui qui deviendra Meursault et il habite Belcourt, declare Kaplan.

Alice Kaplan presente [beaucoup moins que] En quete de l'etranger [beaucoup plus grand que]:Sur les traces de Camus

I loved it because I could relate to Meursault in more ways than I thought I would.

A minute with Alexandra Panayi Audio Visual Artist

The detached tone of Aw's first-person narrator, Ah Hock; the fleeting impressions of societal contradiction and injustice that govern his life; the catalytic presence of a supposed friend and petty criminal, Keong; and, most of all, the fact that Ah Hock seems recently to have committed a random murder make him a close cousin to Camus's feckless, emotionally stunted Meursault, whose own drift into senseless killing provided the model for the existential antihero of the 1950s and 1960s.

Murder in a world of injustice

Born in Algeria, Albert Camus, in his first novel, L'Etranger, told the story of Meursault, an alienated pied noir (French-origin settler in Algeria) who, caring nothing for the death of his mother, wanders in Algiers and, at the novel's climax, kills an Arab for trifling reasons.

A realist approach to Islamism in France

White Burgundy ranges from regional Bourgogne Blanc, whose quality is dependent on the producer, to light, crisp Macon, steely, energetic Chablis, nutty Meursault, and the very rich, layered, opulent, and complex Montrachet.

on the grapevine; sam wylie-harris FINDS OUT ALL ABOUT THE MOST POPULAR GRAPES

Meursault, contre-enquete, traduzido no Brasil como O caso Meursault (Biblioteca Azul, 2016), e o primeiro romance do escritor e jornalista argelino Kamel Daoud.

A voice from this century seeking a place in the literature/Uma voz deste seculo em busca de um lugar na literature

Contract notice: project management infrastructure - rehabilitation of the meursault and nolay waste disposal centers

Project Management Infrastructure - Rehabilitation Of The Meursault And Nolay Waste Disposal Centers

Kamel Daoud's debut novel, Meursault, contre-enquete (Actes Sud, 2014), has a fascinating intertextual relationship with Albert Camus's classic, Uetranger (1942).

Kamel Daoud: Zabor: ou Les psaumes

While the lack of a wine list is initially concerning, the sommelier's choice of a 2011 Meursault Poruzots is very well received, and seems to win over the pair.

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Camus's The Stranger we see the character Meursault on a beach

Between Solitude and Solidarity: Objectification in the Existential Novels of Camus and Naipaul

After discussion of the theoretical background, chapters survey writersAE own comments on their position and practice, then analyze pairs of works: Ben JellounAEs LAEEcrivain public and Kamel DaoudAEs AaAaAeA PrAaAaAeA?face du nAaAeAeAegre,AaAaAeA Tahar DjaoutAEs LAEInvention du desert and Salim Ba La KahAaAaAeA?na, and Fawzi MellahAEs Le Conclave des pleureuses and Kam DaoudAEs Meursault, contre-enqueAaAeAeAete.

Writing After Postcolonialism: Francophone North African Literature in Transition