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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... night- fall . Then I can spend the night there , keeping the usual vigil beside the body , and be back here by tomorrow evening . I have fixed up with my em ployer for two days ' leave ; obviously , under the circumstances , he couldn't ...
... night- fall . Then I can spend the night there , keeping the usual vigil beside the body , and be back here by tomorrow evening . I have fixed up with my em ployer for two days ' leave ; obviously , under the circumstances , he couldn't ...
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... night went by . I can recall only one moment ; I had opened my eyes and I saw the old men sleeping hunched up on their chairs , with one exception . Resting his chin on his hands clasped round his stick , he was staring hard at me , as ...
... night went by . I can recall only one moment ; I had opened my eyes and I saw the old men sleeping hunched up on their chairs , with one exception . Resting his chin on his hands clasped round his stick , he was staring hard at me , as ...
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... night began to fall , and one of them explained to me how to lay out my sleeping mat . By rolling up one end one makes a sort of bolster . All night I felt bugs crawling over my face . Some days later I was put by myself in a 89 II ...
... night began to fall , and one of them explained to me how to lay out my sleeping mat . By rolling up one end one makes a sort of bolster . All night I felt bugs crawling over my face . Some days later I was put by myself in a 89 II ...
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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