| The Stranger (L'étranger) | |
|---|---|
| Page count | 136 pages |
| Publisher | Éditions Gallimard |
| Creative team | |
| Writer | Jacques Ferrandez, after Albert Camus |
| Artist | Jacques Ferrandez |
| Original publication | |
| Date of publication | 12 April 2013 |
| Language | French |
| ISBN | 978-2-07-064518-3 |
| Translation | |
| Publisher | Pegasus Books |
| Date | 7 June 2016 |
| ISBN | 9781681771359 |
| Translator | Sandra Smith |
The Stranger (French: L'étranger) is a 2013 comic book written and illustrated by Jacques Ferrandez. It is based on the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus and depicts a seemingly indifferent Frenchman before and after he shoots an Arab to death in French Algeria.[1]
Ferrandez was born in Algiers and his grandparents had a shoe shop in Belcourt across the street from where Camus grew up. He decided to make an adaptation of The Stranger for the 100th anniversary of Camus' birth.[2] The comic book was published in English translation in 2016.[3]
References
- "Jacques Ferrandez interprète « L'Étranger » d'Albert Camus". BoDoï (in French). 2 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ""L'Étranger" de Jacques Ferrandez et Albert Camus aux 10e Rencontres du 9e Art d'Aix en Provence". ActuaBD (in French). 10 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- Volpert, Megan (16 June 2025). "After Absurdism, Algiers". PopMatters. Retrieved 25 April 2025.