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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Page 8
... hear of it . He was " an official , like . " I'd been struck before by his habit of saying " they " or , less often , " them old folks , " when referring to inmates no older than himself . Still , I could see his point of view . As door ...
... hear of it . He was " an official , like . " I'd been struck before by his habit of saying " they " or , less often , " them old folks , " when referring to inmates no older than himself . Still , I could see his point of view . As door ...
Page 66
... to get the men out of the way . So we went out together , the three of us . The light was almost vertical and the glare from the water seared one's eyes . The beach was quite deserted now . One could hear a faint tinkle of 66.
... to get the men out of the way . So we went out together , the three of us . The light was almost vertical and the glare from the water seared one's eyes . The beach was quite deserted now . One could hear a faint tinkle of 66.
Page 142
... hear footsteps . Mother used to say that however miserable one is , there's always something to be thankful for . And each morning , when the sky brightened and light began to flood my cell , I agreed with her . Because I might just as ...
... hear footsteps . Mother used to say that however miserable one is , there's always something to be thankful for . And each morning , when the sky brightened and light began to flood my cell , I agreed with her . Because I might just as ...
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ALBERT CAMUS Algiers answered anyhow Arabs asked beach began beside black pudding black tie bungalow café au lait cassock Céleste cell chair cigarette coffin court courtroom crime dark death door doorkeeper explained eyes face fact feel fellow felt Fernandel gave gazing girl guillotine hadn't hair hand he'd head hear heard hearse Home hors d'oeuvre jailer Judge jury keeper knew laughing lawyer light looked magistrate Marengo Marie Marie's Masson men in black ment mind mother mother's funeral move never night noticed oilcloth once Pérez police policeman prison Prosecutor queer question Raymond remarks replied round Salamano sand seemed shouted silence smile smoking sort sound staring started street streetcar struck sure swim talking tell there's thing thought told tone took turned voice waited walked wanted warden window woman young