The Stranger by Albert Camus

If I had to choose just one book to pass on to future generations I would choose The Stranger by Albert Camus. Beside the fact that this is one of the few books I’ve actually read, I did enjoy it. The Stranger is roughly one hundred and twenty pages long. It is based on a man that is put on death row in France for committing a pointless murder that he had no intention of committing. The book really makes one question the Justice System, not only in the United States, but across the world. Along with a great storyline and dialogue, Albert Camus has a very unique way of writing that you couldn’t avoid if you read the book. He is very simple and to the point, yet this book remains one of the bestselling novels since it was published in 1942. This very humble, modest style of writing is the kind of work I enjoy reading because it doesn’t make you second guess yourself during the reading and surely isn’t confusing. I enjoyed The Stranger so much that I chose to do a senior English report on it where I made a short film including video clips related to the topic of justice and I also incorporated music. The Stranger will undoubtedly be a book I remember for the rest of my life and I believe everyone should get their hands on it at one point.