The Outsider published in 1942 Describes a young man in Algeria on trial for murder Challenge to conventional morality delivered in a short, sharp, dispassionate style

First lonely teen

A book such as The Outsider "struck an entirely new note, it was something very original, it was the first real model for the lonely teenager," he says. And it has managed to retain its sense of immediacy.

Bard of angst-ridden teenagers

And there is something resolutely cool about the storytelling - dispassionate and to the point - which appeals to a male sense of style.

This sense of style extended beyond books. Camus was also a goalkeeper, playing in Algeria, where he had been born.

And, as part of the fashion for replica football strips, there is a range of Football Philosophy shirts - with Camus the number one.

Mark Perryman, who runs the firm, says they have sold about 5,000 Camus football shirts, carrying the quote: "All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football."

Only Human

哀 （かな）しみの向（む）こう岸（きし）に　微笑（ほほえ）みがあるというよ

哀しみの向こう岸に　微笑みがあるというよ
たどりつくその先（さき）には　何（なに）が僕（ぼく）らを待（ま）ってる
                                                                               
逃（に）げるためじゃなく　夢追（ゆめお）うために
旅（たび）に出（で）たはずさ　遠（とお）い夏（なつ）のあの日（ひ）
                                                                               
明日（あした）さえ見（み）えたなら　ため息（いき）もないけど
流（なか）れに逆（さか）らう舟（ふね）のように
今（いま）は　前（まえ）へ　進（すす）め
                                                                               
苦（くる）しみの尽（つ）きた場所（ばしょ）に　幸（しあわ）せが待（ま）つというよ
僕（ぼく）はまだ探（さが）している　季節（きせつ）はずれの向日葵（ひまわり）
                                                                               
こぶし握（にぎ）りしめ　朝日（あさひ）を待（ま）てば
赤（あか）い爪（つめ）あとに　淚（なみだ）　キラリ　落（お）ちる

孤独（こどく）に慣（な）れたなら　月明（つきあ）かり頼（たよ）りに
羽根（はね）なき翼（つばさ）で飛（と）び立（た）とう
もっと　前（まえ）へ　進（すす）め
                                                                               
雨雲（あまくも）が切（き）れたなら　濡（ぬ）れた道（みち）　かがやく
闇（やみ）だけが教（おし）えてくれる
強（つよ）い　強い　光（ひかり）
強く　前へ　進め