Exiles, Outcasts, Strangers

Exiles, Outcasts, Strangers explores how nine different "outsider" authors treat the theme of alienation in one of their major works. All the novels under review were written in a limited time span (1942 to 1987, approximately 50 years), and all are structured around a hero or heroine who remains culturally, ethically or aesthetically distant from his/her narrative counterparts. Works discussed: Albert Camus'' L''Etranger; Richard Wright''s The Outsider; André Langevin''s Poussière sur la ville; Ernesto Sábato''s El túnel; V.S. Naipaul''s Guerrillas; Elie Wiesel''s Le Cinquième fils; Norbert Zongo''s Le Parachutage; Gisèle Pineau''s L''Exil selon Julia, and Jean Genet''s Querelle de Brest.