Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Famously, O'Brien argued that the central situation in The Outsider was a fantasy and that Camus misread the colonial situation when he ...

Today, Albert Camus is still alive but changed, thanks to the art of David Oelhoffen and Kamel Daoud. Reda Kateb (left) and Viggo Mortensen in Loin des hommes Albert Camus, once decried as the symbol ...

Give Kamel Daoud credit for audacity. In his debut novel, “The Meursault Investigation,” the Algerian journalist goes head-to-head with a pillar of 20th century literature: Albert Camus’ existential ...

A few things spring to mind at the mention of Algeria, and I'd venture that these won't be too different for most people, especially those of us from colonies that became independent not too long ago.

Last week on the Reading group, a contributor called MythicalMagpie wrote: "I think you could write an entire essay on the fact that while Meursault is apparently meant to be telling the story, it is ...