In his classic existentialist novel Camus explores the
predicament of the individual who is prepared to face the benign
indifference of the universe courageously and alone. Meursault
leads an apparently unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he
commits an act of violence. His response to the incident challenges
the fundamental values of society, a set of rules so binding that
any person breaking them is condemned as an alien, an outsider. For
Meursault it is an insult to his reason and a betrayal of his
hopes; for Camus it is the absurdity of life.
'Camus was the conjunction of a man, an oeuvre and a
destiny.'
Jean-Paul Satre
