L'étranger

gesellschaftlich so wertvoll, empathieförderung, harte kost zwischendurch

Disarmingly accessible prose infused with incredible depth of meaning will keep you chewing on this story and it's characters for many weeks after you've finished.

I read this book my senior year of high school, and it is the book that got me into philosophy. Every time I revisit the book I comprehend its place in Camus's philosophy more and more.

I read this for French practice. It did do its job of being simple in language and short, while being a whole serious "classic" book for adults.

I'm not the type of person for philosophical debates. I know the answers and/or don't care. You shoot someone for no reason -> you go to jail so that you don't do it again. I don't have time for what exactly what might be wrong with this guy or whether he loves his mother.

But maybe I missed the point because I don't even speak French?