The Meursault Investigation A Novel

Description: Best Translated Novel of the Decade Lit Hub A New York Times Notable Book of 2015 Michiko Kakutani The Top Books of 2015, New York Times TIME Magazine Top Ten Books of 2015 Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year Financial Times Best Books of the Year A tour - de - force reimagining of Camus's The Stranger from the point of view of the mute Arab victims. The New Yorker He was the brother of the Arab killed by the infamous Meursault the antihero of Camus's classic novel. Seventy years after that event Harun who has lived since childhood in the shadow of his sibling's memory refuses to let him remain anonymous: he gives his brother a story and a name Musa and describes the events that led to Musa's casual murder on a dazzlingly sunny beach. In a bar in Oran night after night he ruminates on his solitude on his broken heart on his anger with men desperate for a god and on his disarray when faced with a country that has so disappointed him. A stranger among his own people he wants to be granted finally the right to die. The Stranger is of course central to Daoud's story in which he both endorses and criticizes one of the most famous novels in the world. A worthy complement to its great predecessor The Meursault Investigation is not only a profound meditation on Arab identity and the disastrous effects of colonialism in Algeria but also a stunning work of literature in its own right told in a unique and affecting voice.
Title: The Meursault Investigation A Novel
Barcode: 9781590517512
Publication Date: 6/2/2015