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 11
... side to side . For a moment I had an absurd impression that they had come to sit in judgment on me . A few minutes later one of the women started weeping . She was in the second row and I couldn't see her face because of another woman ...
... side to side . For a moment I had an absurd impression that they had come to sit in judgment on me . A few minutes later one of the women started weeping . She was in the second row and I couldn't see her face because of another woman ...
Page 90
... side of the rails were about a dozen other prisoners , Arabs for the most part . On Marie's side were mostly Moorish women . She was wedged between a small old woman with tight - set lips and a fat matron , without a hat , who was ...
... side of the rails were about a dozen other prisoners , Arabs for the most part . On Marie's side were mostly Moorish women . She was wedged between a small old woman with tight - set lips and a fat matron , without a hat , who was ...
Page 150
... side . " No , no , my son , " he said , laying his hand on my shoulder . " I'm on your side , though you don't real- ize it - because your heart is hardened . But 150.
... side . " No , no , my son , " he said , laying his hand on my shoulder . " I'm on your side , though you don't real- ize it - because your heart is hardened . But 150.
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