The Outsider

The classic study of alienation, creativity and the modern mind

The Outsider was an instant literary sensation when it was first published in 1956, thrusting its youthful author into the front rank of contemporary writers and thinkers. Wilson rationalised the psychological dislocation so characteristic of Western creative thinking into a coherent theory of alienation, and defined those affected by it as a type: the outsider. Through the works and lives of various artists, including Kafka, Camus, Hemingway, Hesse, Lawrence, Van Gogh, Shaw, Nietzsche and Dostoevsky, Wilson explored the psyche of the outsider, his effect on society and society's on him. Nothing that has happened in the decades since has made The Outsider any less relevant; it remains the seminal work on this most persistent of modern-day preoccupations.

"Few first authors have burst upon the world of serious books with such stunning and immediate success as the 24-year-old self-educated philosopher Colin Wilson" - Daily Express

"The most remarkable book on which the reviewe has ever had to pass judgement" - Listener

"I am deeply grateful for this astonishing book" - Edith Sitwell

Format: Paperback, 336 pages
ISBN: 9780753814321
Publisher: Orion Publishing
Published: 6 Deceber, 2001
Weight: 238 g
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 22 mm

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