THE STRANGER

by Albert Camas ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 11, 1946

A strange interlude, in the first person, in which a young man, nameless and emotionless, tells of the circumstances which led ironically, implacably to his death. Living in Algiers in a rooming house, he is called away for the funeral of his mother, in the home for the aged where he had placed her. Untouched by her death, he returns home, to Marie, his girl, and to the involvement with Raymond, a fellow roomer, and the shooting of an Arab native in Raymond's defense, Months of imprisonment, inaction, finally the trial which leads to the death sentence, not for the crime, but for the character condemnation by witnesses for his indifference to his mother's death. For all its impervious detachment, this has a certain odd fascination, though its market will be limited.

Pub Date: April 11, 1946

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Knopf

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1946

Categories: FICTION