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trueDaoud, Kamel

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trueDaoud, Kamel

Translator

Cullen, John, 1942-

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Summary: "This response to Camus's The Stranger is at once a love story and a political manifesto about post-colonial Algeria, Islam, and the irrelevance of Arab lives. He was the brother of "the Arab" killed by the infamous Meursault, the antihero of Camus's classic novel. Seventy years after that event, Harun, who has lived since childhood in the shadow of his sibling's memory, refuses to let him remain anonymous: he gives his brother a story and a name--Musa--and describes the events that led to Musa's casual murder on a dazzlingly sunny beach. Harun is an old man tormented by frustration. In a bar in Oran, night after night, he ruminates on his solitude, on his anger with men desperate for a god, and on his disarray when faced with a country that has so disappointed him. A stranger among his own people, he wants to be granted, finally, the right to die. The Stranger is of course central to Daoud's novel, in which he both endorses and criticizes one of the most famous novels in the world. A worthy complement to its great predecessor, The Mersault Investigation is not only a profound meditation on Arab identity and the disastrous effects of colonialism in Algeria, but also a stunning work of literature in its own right, told in a unique and affecting voice."--

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trueNew York, Other Press, 2015

Extent: 143 pages

Note: "Originally published in French as Meursault, contre-enquête by Éditions Barzakh in Algeria in 2013, and by Actes Sud in France in 2014" -- Verso title page

Isbn: 9781590517512

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Label: The Meursault investigation

Title: The Meursault investigation

Statement of responsibility: Kamel Daoud ; translated by John Cullen

Creator

trueDaoud, Kamel

Contributor

Author

trueDaoud, Kamel

Translator

Cullen, John, 1942-

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Summary: "This response to Camus's The Stranger is at once a love story and a political manifesto about post-colonial Algeria, Islam, and the irrelevance of Arab lives. He was the brother of "the Arab" killed by the infamous Meursault, the antihero of Camus's classic novel. Seventy years after that event, Harun, who has lived since childhood in the shadow of his sibling's memory, refuses to let him remain anonymous: he gives his brother a story and a name--Musa--and describes the events that led to Musa's casual murder on a dazzlingly sunny beach. Harun is an old man tormented by frustration. In a bar in Oran, night after night, he ruminates on his solitude, on his anger with men desperate for a god, and on his disarray when faced with a country that has so disappointed him. A stranger among his own people, he wants to be granted, finally, the right to die. The Stranger is of course central to Daoud's novel, in which he both endorses and criticizes one of the most famous novels in the world. A worthy complement to its great predecessor, The Mersault Investigation is not only a profound meditation on Arab identity and the disastrous effects of colonialism in Algeria, but also a stunning work of literature in its own right, told in a unique and affecting voice."--

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Summary: Harun, the brother of "the Arab" killed by Meursault in Albert Camus' "The Stranger," details the events that led to his brother's murder on an Algerian beach.

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trueCharacter-driven

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Library Journal Best Books 2015.
New York Times Notable Book, 2015.

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Cataloging source: DLC

http://library.link/vocab/creatorName: Daoud, Kamel

Dewey number: 843/.92

Index: no index present

LC call number: PQ3989.3.D365

LC item number: M4813 2015

Literary form: fiction

http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate: 1942-

http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName: Cullen, John

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Arabs
Camus, Albert
Algeria

Target audience: adult

Label: The Meursault investigation, Kamel Daoud ; translated by John Cullen

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trueThe Meursault investigation

Publication

trueNew York, Other Press, 2015

Note: "Originally published in French as Meursault, contre-enquête by Éditions Barzakh in Algeria in 2013, and by Actes Sud in France in 2014" -- Verso title page

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Content category: text

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Dimensions: 22 cm

Extent: 143 pages

Isbn: 9781590517512

Isbn Type: (paperback)

Lccn: 2015010736

Media category: unmediated

Media MARC source: rdamedia

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904036613
(OCoLC)904036613

Label: The Meursault investigation, Kamel Daoud ; translated by John Cullen

Publication

trueNew York, Other Press, 2015

Note: "Originally published in French as Meursault, contre-enquête by Éditions Barzakh in Algeria in 2013, and by Actes Sud in France in 2014" -- Verso title page