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 94
... moment's letup in the noise - shouts , conversations , and always that muttering undertone . The only oasis of silence was made by the young fellow and the old woman gazing into each other's eyes . Then , one by one , the Arabs were led ...
... moment's letup in the noise - shouts , conversations , and always that muttering undertone . The only oasis of silence was made by the young fellow and the old woman gazing into each other's eyes . Then , one by one , the Arabs were led ...
Page 137
... moment's hope , the gambler's last throw . Naturally , all that " hope " could come to was to be knocked down at the corner of a street or picked off by a bullet in my back . But , all things consid- ered , even this luxury was ...
... moment's hope , the gambler's last throw . Naturally , all that " hope " could come to was to be knocked down at the corner of a street or picked off by a bullet in my back . But , all things consid- ered , even this luxury was ...
Page 138
... moment the verdict was given , its effects became as cogent , as tangible , as , for example , this wall against which I was lying , pressing my back to it . When such thoughts crossed my mind , I remem- bered a story Mother used to ...
... moment the verdict was given , its effects became as cogent , as tangible , as , for example , this wall against which I was lying , pressing my back to it . When such thoughts crossed my mind , I remem- bered a story Mother used to ...
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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