📖 The Stranger

This book is divided into two parts. The first part mainly tells the story of the protagonist, Meursault, a detached and indifferent person. After his mother passes away in a nursing home, he takes a bus to attend the funeral. During the journey, the glaring light from the road and sky, the strong smell of gasoline, and the bumps along the way make him unwilling to talk to anyone. Upon arriving at the mortuary, the attendants ask him if he wants to see his mother one last time. He refuses, and he doesn't even know his mother's age. After she is buried, he feels no change in his life, and he doesn't feel sadness or grief. At the funeral, he doesn't cry and casually smokes and drinks coffee. The second part of the book describes how the protagonist accidentally kills a man, and the judge, based on his cold and emotionless behavior at his mother's funeral, sentences him to death, arguing that he violated moral norms. Want to know what happens to him? I recommend you read this book, as the author won the Nobel Prize in Literature for it. This novel is representative of absurdist literature, indicating that there are consequences to going against the norms, and the conflict between the individual and society is a real issue.

这本书分为两部分。 第一部分主要讲述主人公默尔索的故事。他是一个冷漠、淡然的人。在母亲于养老院去世后,他搭车前往参加葬礼。一路上刺眼的阳光、汽油的味道和颠簸的路程让他不愿与人交谈。到了停尸房,工作人员问他是否要见母亲最后一面,他拒绝了,他甚至不知道母亲的年龄。母亲下葬后,他的生活毫无变化,也没有感到悲伤或痛苦。在葬礼上,他没有流泪,反而若无其事地抽烟、喝咖啡。 第二部分描述主人公在一次偶然中杀死了一个人。法官根据他在母亲葬礼上的冷漠行为,判处他死刑,理由是他违背了道德规范。 想知道他最后的命运吗?我推荐你阅读这本书,因为它的作者因这部作品获得了诺贝尔文学奖。这部小说是荒诞派文学的代表,揭示了违背社会规范的后果,也展现了个体与社会之间的冲突这一真实问题。