by Kamel Daoud · Babel · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782330064488
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«Meursault, contre-enquête» is the novel by Kamel Daoud, published by Babel in paperback (152 pages, in French).
The novel responds to «L'Étranger» by Albert Camus and gives voice to the brother of the anonymous Arab whom Meursault killed on the beach. The narrator, Haroun, now elderly, tells his version of events in a bar in Oran, gives name and memory to the forgotten Moussa, and reflects on identity, contemporary Algeria and the colonial legacy.
It belongs to the Babel collection (no. 1386); the novel was originally published in 2013 and won the Prix Goncourt du premier roman in 2015.
For readers of literary fiction, especially those interested in Albert Camus, Algerian literature and rewritings of colonial history.
Kamel Daoud is an Algerian writer and journalist. He is best known for his 2013 novel Meursault, contre-enquête and his 2024 novel Houris.
