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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... interest in his movements ; my temples were throbbing and I could hardly drag myself along . After that everything went with a rush ; and also with such precision and matter - of - factness that I remember hardly any details . Except ...
... interest in his movements ; my temples were throbbing and I could hardly drag myself along . After that everything went with a rush ; and also with such precision and matter - of - factness that I remember hardly any details . Except ...
Page 136
Albert Camus. enough , anyway . The only thing that interests me now is the problem of circumventing the machine ... interest in such matters . There's never any knowing what one may come to . Like everyone else I'd read descriptions ...
Albert Camus. enough , anyway . The only thing that interests me now is the problem of circumventing the machine ... interest in such matters . There's never any knowing what one may come to . Like everyone else I'd read descriptions ...
Page 146
... interest for something that didn't , interest me . He fluttered his hands fretfully ; then , sitting up , smoothed out his cassock . When this was done he began talking again , addressing me as " my friend . " It wasn't because I'd been ...
... interest for something that didn't , interest me . He fluttered his hands fretfully ; then , sitting up , smoothed out his cassock . When this was done he began talking again , addressing me as " my friend . " It wasn't because I'd been ...
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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