The StrangerThrough the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in English in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward. |
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... black tie and mourning band . He lost his uncle a few months ago . I had to run to catch the bus . I suppose it was my hurrying like that , what with the glare off the road and from the sky , the reek of gasoline , and the jolts , that ...
... black tie and mourning band . He lost his uncle a few months ago . I had to run to catch the bus . I suppose it was my hurrying like that , what with the glare off the road and from the sky , the reek of gasoline , and the jolts , that ...
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... black tie much too small for his high white double collar . Under a bulbous , pimply nose , his lips were trembling . But what caught my attention most was his ears ; pendulous , scarlet ears that showed up like blobs of sealing wax on ...
... black tie much too small for his high white double collar . Under a bulbous , pimply nose , his lips were trembling . But what caught my attention most was his ears ; pendulous , scarlet ears that showed up like blobs of sealing wax on ...
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Albert Camus. wearing a dark suit , stiff collar , and a rather showy tie , with broad black and white stripes . After de- positing his brief case on my bed , he introduced himself , and added that he'd perused the record of my case with ...
Albert Camus. wearing a dark suit , stiff collar , and a rather showy tie , with broad black and white stripes . After de- positing his brief case on my bed , he introduced himself , and added that he'd perused the record of my case with ...
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