Publicada originalmente en 1942, El extranjero es la primera novela de Albert Camus y una de sus obras m̀s emblem̀ticas. Ahora con nueva traducci̤n al espąol de Mar̕a Teresa Gallego Urrutia y Amaya Garc̕a Gallego, este libro capital para la cultura del siglo XX transcurre en Argelia y narra la anodina vida de Meursault, un joven oficinista que vive en perpetua apat̕a. Cuando recibe la noticia del fallecimiento de su madre, la encaja con la mayor impasibilidad. Obligado a abandonar la capital y viajar para asistir al funeral, Meursault desea que la ceremonia sea breve para regresar a su casa. Esa indiferencia existencial marca sus d̕as, avanzando sin reaccionar a la muerte de su madre, al afecto de su amada y ni tan siquiera a un crimen que cometer̀ con iďntica desidia, incapaz de ver el alcance moral de sus actos. Camus retrata magistralmente la indolencia del hombre del siglo XX, un hombre que no encuentra su lugar, extranjero en su propio mundo. Este personaje esčptico y desapasionado que ha abandonado su condici̤n de sujeto aut̤nomo sigue siendo hoy un imprescindible referente literario y existencial. Originally published in 1942, The Stranger is Albert Camus's first novel and one of his most iconic works. Now with a new Spanish translation by Mar̕a Teresa Gallego Urrutia and Amaya Garc̕a Gallego, this capital book for the culture of the 20th century takes place in Algeria and narrates the anodyne life of Meursault, a young office worker who lives in perpetual apathy. When he receives the news of his mother's passing, he meets her with the utmost impassivity. Forced to leave the capital and travel to attend her funeral, Meursault wants the ceremony to be short in order to return to his home. That existential indifference marks his days, advancing without reacting to the death of his mother, to the affection of his beloved, and not even to a crime that he will commit with the same laziness, unable to see the moral significance of it. acts of him. Camus masterfully portrays the indolence of the twentieth century man, a man who does not find his place, a foreigner in his own world. This skeptical and dispassionate character who has abandoned his status as an autonomous subject remains today an essential literary and existential reference.
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