{"product_id":"camus-albert-the-outsider-1946-4902","title":"The Outsider.","description":"Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. Introduction by Cyril Connolly.\u003cbr\u003eLondon: Hamish Hamilton. 1946.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch4 class=\"vrb_heading\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_desc\"\u003eFirst edition in English. 8vo. 185x120mm. pp. [iv], 3-103 [1]. Grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Original dustjacket illustrated by Edward Bawden. Bumping to head and foot of spine. Repair to top and bottom edges of dustjacket and two closed tears to top edge and slight chipping to bottom edge of rear of dustjacket but otherwise in very good condition and internally excellent. It is not common in a good jacket. Camus's concise, dense, absurdist novel of alienation first appeared in 1942. Stuart Gilbert's English translation was meant to published with the title \u003cem\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e but, as a Polish novel had recently been translated with this title, Hamish Hamilton changed it to \u003cem\u003eThe Outsider \u003c\/em\u003ewhich captures rather better the psychological darkness of the novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_note\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_prov\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vrb_biblio\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"CAMUS, Albert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57193329459577,"sku":"4902","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1484\/0910\/files\/4902_1.jpg?v=1777655301","url":"https:\/\/voewoodrarebooks.com\/products\/camus-albert-the-outsider-1946-4902","provider":"Voewood Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}