The Stranger by Albert Camus. Short summary

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Meursault, a petty official living on the outskirts of Algiers, flows with the flow of life. He is not interested in his career or marriage. One day the hero kills a man. He too takes the imprisonment and death sentence as if he were an outsider.

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The protagonist is Meursault, a petty French official from an Algerian suburb. Meursault’s mother, whom he surrendered to a nursing home three years ago without the means to support her, dies. Arriving at the funeral, the hero did not want to see his mother, nor did he shed a single tear.

On his return to Algeria, Meursault becomes involved with Marie Cardona, a former employee of his office. The boss offers the hero a promotion and a move to Paris, but Meursault refuses. He does not want to change anything in life. Nor does he intend to marry Marie.

One Sunday Mersault, spends on the seashore with Marie and his neighbor Raymond, who is engaged in pimping. They notice two strange Arabs following them. A scuffle ensues, and Meursault is injured. A few days later, they meet these Arabs again and Meursault, being drunk and out of his mind, kills one of them.

Meursault is arrested, tried for 11 months and sentenced to death. The hero calmly observes the hearing and calmly goes to the execution, perceiving life as an outsider.