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    What French author's novel 'The Outsider' opened "My mother is dead"?

    Question #114077. Asked by 29CoveRoad. (Apr 13 10 12:06 AM)


    star_gazer

    		The Stranger by Albert Camus.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stranger_(novel)

    Apr 13 10, 12:15 AM
    ertrum

    		The translation given above may not be the best - the original reads "Aujourd'hui, maman est morte", I believe, which would be better translated "Mother died today".

    Apr 14 10, 11:09 AM

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