The Stranger, Camus's first novel from 1942. Mersault, the protagonist, is on trial for the senseless shooting of an Arab. He is condemned as much for his social alienation and indifference as for his crime. Provides an introduction to Camus's themes of absurdism and alienation.
The Plague, Camus's second novel, published in 1947. It tells the story of several men confronting a plague in the Algerian city of Oran. Introduces the theme of revolt.
Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist novel Nausea, published in 1938,.....
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