Back الغرباء (رواية) Arabic Die Outsider German La Eksteruloj Esperanto Rebeldes (novela) Spanish بیگانگان (رمان) Persian Me kolme ja jengi Finnish Outsiders (roman) French נערי הכרך HE I ragazzi della 56ª strada (romanzo) Italian Жат кишилер Kirghiz
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:The_outsiders_1967_first_edition.jpg) First hardcover edition, 1967 | |
| Author | S. E. Hinton |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Robert Hunt |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult fiction |
| Publisher | Viking Press, Dell Publishing |
Publication date | April 24, 1967 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback), Audiobook, Ebook |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 0-670-53257-6 |
| OCLC | 64396432 |
| Followed by | That Was Then, This Is Now |
The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S. E. Hinton published in 1967 by Viking Press. The book details the conflict between two rival gangs of White Americans divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class "Greasers" and the upper-middle-class "Socs" (pronounced /ˈsoʊʃɪz/ SOH-shiz—short for Socials). The story is told in first-person perspective by teenage protagonist Ponyboy Curtis, and takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1965,[1] although this is never explicitly stated in the book.
Hinton began writing the novel when she was 15 and wrote the bulk of it when she was 16 and a junior in high school.[2] She was 18 when the book was published.[1] She released the work using her initials rather than her feminine given names (Susan Eloise) so that her gender would not lead male book reviewers to dismiss the work.[3]
A film adaptation was directed in 1983 by Francis Ford Coppola, and a short-lived television series appeared in 1990, picking up where the movie left off. A dramatic stage adaptation was written by Christopher Sergel and published in 1990. A Tony Award-winning stage musical adaptation of the same name premiered in San Diego in 2023 then on Broadway in 2024.[4]
- ^ a b "SE Hinton.com". www.sehinton.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
- ^ Hinton, S. E. (2005) [1977]. "speaking with S. E. Hinton". The Outsiders. Speak/Penguin Putnam. p. 162. ISBN 0-14-038572-X.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". sehinton.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ^ "The Outsiders Musical to Make World Premiere at la Jolla Playhouse | TheaterMania".