The Stranger (vuoden 1989 painos)

1. 331
   Oikeusjuttu (tekijä: Franz Kafka) (chrisharpe, DLSmithies)

   DLSmithies: Two protagonists on trial without really understanding what they're being accused of - it's just a question of degree.

2. 211
   Rikos ja rangaistus (tekijä: Fyodor Dostoyevsky) (chrisharpe, DLSmithies, edelpao)

   DLSmithies: A compare-and-contrast exercise - Raskolnikov is all nervous energy and hypertension, whereas Meursault is detatched, calm, and won't pretend to feel remorse. Two masterpieces.

3. 70
   The Meursault Investigation (tekijä: Kamel Daoud) (Philosofiction, JuliaMaria)

   JuliaMaria: Meursault ist der Protagonist in dem existentialistischen Roman "Der Fremde", auf den sich Daoud in seiner Gegendarstellung bezieht.

4. 104
   A Clockwork Orange (tekijä: Anthony Burgess) (SanctiSpiritus)
5. 94
   Inho (tekijä: Jean-Paul Sartre) (roby72)
6. 72
   No Exit and Three Other Plays (tekijä: Jean-Paul Sartre) (HollyMS)

   HollyMS: I read both works in French class. Though Albert Camus denied being an existentialist, both L'Étranger (The Stranger) and Huis Clos (No Exit) have some common themes and are among some of the most important 20th century French works of literature.

7. 51
   Halujen taistelukenttä (tekijä: Michel Houellebecq) (sanddancer)
8. 40
   Mies ja junat (tekijä: Georges Simenon) (thorold)

   thorold: Respectable bourgeois discovers absurdity of life and commits motiveless crime.

9. 41
   Putoaminen (tekijä: Albert Camus) (chrisharpe)
10. 30
    Barabbas (tekijä: Pär Lagerkvist) (Troddel)
11. 30
    No Exit (tekijä: Jean-Paul Sartre) (rretzler)
12. 10
    Kutsuvieras (tekijä: Simone de Beauvoir) (JuliaMaria)
13. 00
    Homesick for Another World: Stories (tekijä: Ottessa Moshfegh) (j_aroche)

    j_aroche: If you ever feel like an alien in the wrong planet.

14. 00
    Kyyhkynen (tekijä: Patrick Süskind) (P_S_Patrick)

    P_S_Patrick: Short, deeply existentialist novels of literary character.

15. 00
    The Execution: A Novel (tekijä: Hugo Wilcken) (sparemethecensor)

    sparemethecensor: Similar in style, theme, narration and execution. The Execution is a more modern version of the tale.

16. 00
    Valhe (tekijä: Emmanuel Carrère) (bertilak)
17. 11
    Pascual Duarten perhe (tekijä: Camilo José Cela) (thatguyzero)
18. 01
    Cosmos (tekijä: Witold Gombrowicz) (Bitter_Grace)
19. 12
    At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others (tekijä: Sarah Bakewell) (JuliaMaria)
20. 14
    The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (tekijä: Peter Handke) (lewbs)

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