Algerian Albert Camus’ famous novel L’etranger, or The Stranger / The Outsider, has undergone a variety of book cover designs since its initial publication in French in 1942 and subsequent English translation in 1946; its various cover designs seem to represent the varying design tendencies of the respective publishers, national taste, and the moment in time each cover graced bookshelves. For the most part, each cover remains striking in its own way-all successfully channel to one degree or another the vital charge of Camus’ novel. Albert Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957.

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