La Veuve Couderc is a novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
The novel was published at around the same time as Camus' The Stranger.
Both novels contain a similar main character and themes, and Simenon was upset that Camus' work went on to greater acclaim.
[1] The novel was republished as The Widow by NYRB Classics in 2009.
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