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 14
... morning breeze was blowing and it had a pleasant salty tang . There was the promise of a very fine day . I hadn't been in the country for ages , and I caught myself thinking what an agreeable walk I could have had , if it hadn't been ...
... morning breeze was blowing and it had a pleasant salty tang . There was the promise of a very fine day . I hadn't been in the country for ages , and I caught myself thinking what an agreeable walk I could have had , if it hadn't been ...
Page 100
... morning his wife came and , without thinking , be- trayed the guest's identity . His mother hanged her- self . His sister threw herself into a well . I must have read that story thousands of times . In one way it sounded most unlikely ...
... morning his wife came and , without thinking , be- trayed the guest's identity . His mother hanged her- self . His sister threw herself into a well . I must have read that story thousands of times . In one way it sounded most unlikely ...
Page 140
... morning I remem- bered a photograph the newspapers had featured on the occasion of the execution of a famous crimi- nal . Actually the apparatus stood on the ground ; there was nothing very impressing about it , and it was much narrower ...
... morning I remem- bered a photograph the newspapers had featured on the occasion of the execution of a famous crimi- nal . Actually the apparatus stood on the ground ; there was nothing very impressing about it , and it was much narrower ...
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