SKU: BBB-0267
FICTION - CLASSIC LITERATURE - EXISTENTIALISM - NOBEL PRIZE AUTHOR
The Stranger
| Author | Albert Camus (translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert) |
| Publisher | Vintage Books / Random House |
| Year Published | ~1954–1960s |
| Edition | Early Vintage Books edition (V-2) — translated by Stuart Gilbert |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Condition | Fair–Good |
| Genre | FICTION / Classic Literature / Existentialism / Nobel Prize Author |
| BriteBound SKU | BBB-0267 |
About This Book
The Stranger by Albert Camus. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. Published by Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, New York. Vintage Books catalog number V-2. Copyright 1942 by Librairie Gallimard as L'Étranger; Copyright 1946 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and Random House, Inc. Cover price: $1.65. Illustrated cover featuring abstract crowd of faces in pink, yellow, and black — signed by artist 'Lomm.' This is the early Stuart Gilbert translation (later replaced by Matthew Ward's 1988 translation). Former owner stamp on title page: Bonita Vista High School, 751 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista, Calif. 92010. Cover shows heavy wear and soiling; pages yellowed; some edge damage — condition Fair to Good. Albert Camus won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. The Stranger is one of the most assigned and read novels of the 20th century. The early Vintage Books V-2 edition with the original Stuart Gilbert translation has collector appeal separate from modern editions.