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A study of artists and thinkers who stand outside society
1956Slow paceDark
What it is about
Colin Wilson looks at writers and thinkers such as Dostoevsky, Nietzsche and Van Gogh who felt alienated from society. He asks what makes someone an outsider. The book made him famous at age twenty-four.
Who will enjoy it
Readers interested in philosophy and literature.
What you will get
A bestseller in 1956.
The Outsider Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Nonfiction · Alienation · Literature · Philosophy
Length
288 pages · ≈ 8 h
More about this book
Characters
Colin Wilson and the figures he studies.
Setting
European literature and philosophy.
What makes it different
A bold young writer’s survey of alienated geniuses.
Feel
Intense, serious and ambitious.
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