#l’étranger

[veres-monster]

Camus’ “The Stranger” and the character of Grimmer

Parallel which I find interesting. Both Grimmer and Meursault have little emotions, but Camus’ character feels no need to do something about it, while Grimmer acknowledges there is something he lacks.

Meursault is the man of absurd; Grimmer is the man who faced absurd and resisted it.

[iphigeniarising]

[orzamara]

illustrations by V. G. Alexeyev from my Soviet (1988) edition of The Stranger / The Plague / The Fall / Stories and Essays by Albert Camus

[wretchedvulgarian]

[herecomesoberon]

Mary Gennuso’s “Does Meursault Lie?” is an excellent study of Meursault’s relationships with men and women in L’Étranger. Noting his discomfort when speaking of/delving into his emotions, she argues that Meursault, operating in a male world, more closely aligns himself with the approval of men like Raymond in order to gain greater social privileges and advantages. His inaction during Raymond’s beating up his girlfriend comes down to his body not being the one that is abused (241), and only in seeing the benefits at the Beach House that “come with having a wife” does he “seriously [consider] the possibility of marrying [Marie]” (243). Often referring to Meursault’s capability of “male bonding” (238), the social advantages Meursault seeks in his interactions with others come down how he can better benefit himself as a man, making half-hearted marriage promises in order to keep control of his relationship/outline its terms and conditions, and to avoid opening up the door to emotions he doesn’t want to confront.

Gennuso also points out Meursault’s complicity in the assault of Raymond’s girlfriend, having written the letter which gave his “friend” a false alibi. Along this point, I want to write about Meursault’s sexism as an everyday violence. He doesn’t beat up his girlfriend or his feminized dog, but he still participates in and contributes to the social circumstances that subject and abuse women. How much different is beating up Marie from ignoring and treating her like she was nothing during his trial?

Anyways, the research is off to a good start, and you should give Gennuso a read.

[amelia-l-edwards]

‘I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world, finding it so much like myself’

Albert Camus || The Stranger

[jyang137]

The Outsider

I got lazy at the end so let’s just say the world is so absurd that the shadows don’t cast correctly

[h3llf4iry]

I just read “L’étranger”by Albert Camus it’s one of the best book I’ve read and now I’m trying to read “Beyond good and evil” by Friederich Nietzsche the intro is making my brain hurt 🥲💀

[urhuyum]

"On est toujours un peu fautif."

[summerskies]

finished the outsider and oh boy!! Translations suck!! I listened to the original french version and then read the English version and there were so many details that got erased/badly translated :((

but my absolute favourite line, that I had to write down as soon as I heard it:

“Si près de la mort, Maman devait se sentir libérée et prête à tout revivre.”

so close to death, Maman must’ve felt free, and ready to relive it all.

like…. Mersault is just a little guy trying to understand stuff, without understanding why he has to understand it all. He deserves the world, and if he’s finding it through death… aren’t we all?

[notmygrave]

sipping black coffee compulsively smoking i’m just like meursault except my hands are shaky and i’m in a constant state of panic

[arcanewebs]

based on The Only two french books ive read:

noel would love l’étranger and ocean would like le petit prince. and they fight about which one is better

[vantrece]

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                         ❛    I wouldn’t claim you be a hard man to find .   I just follow the trail of destruction you leave behind .    ❜        Lackadaisically glances over her shoulder at the crumbling buildings ,   as well as the blood that was beginning to soak into the concrete .   Brow raises at the scene until she glances back at the man with a sly smile that slowly creeps across her lips .                          ❛    Someone must be in a bad mood .    ❜

              @destructivour​

[herecomesoberon]

Aujourd’hui, maman est morte. Ou peut-être hier, je ne sais pas.

Today, Mama died. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know.

Albert Camus, L’étranger (The Stranger/The Foreigner)

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