The Stranger

by Albert Camus

Albert Camus’ first novel explores the ideas of absurdism and coming to terms that nothing you do matters. With ideas of feeling lost, disassociating, and accepting the absurd and sometimes cruel fate that’s dealt to you, the book isn’t a light read. It will have you rethinking the way the world works and coming to terms with your own unfair hand.

I wanted to convey feelings of isolation and feeling small in the grand scheme of things. The silhouette of man lost in a sprawling city that should be full of life but is baron and cold puts the reader in an appropriate discomfort for the hard reality they are about to read about.