Set into motion by the horrors of the slave trade, this brilliant first novel has much to say about the human condition. Continue reading
Slavery, Endurance and Transcendance: Response to Yaa Gyasi’s Novel Homegoing
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Camus, the Absurd and the Arab Other
NOTES FOR A LECTURE
Introduction
Camus’ THE OUTSIDER is a novel of ideas set in colonial Algeria about 1942. To understand this novel’s deep meaning, we can usefully begin by considering its dramatic ending. Continue reading