Book Review:

Camus’ The Stranger follows Meursault, a detached man whose indifference shocks society. After a senseless murder, his trial exposes hypocrisy, as the court judges his lack of grief more than his crime. With stark prose, the novel explores existential absurdity, questioning moral norms and humanity’s search for meaning. Meursault’s final embrace of the universe’s “benign indifference” challenges readers to confront life’s arbitrariness and embrace authenticity as an outsider. A concise, piercing critique of conformity.