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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... warden went on talking , but I didn't pay much attention . Finally he said : " Now , I suppose you'd like to see your mother ? " I rose without replying , and he led the way to the door . As we were going down the stairs he ex- plained ...
... warden went on talking , but I didn't pay much attention . Finally he said : " Now , I suppose you'd like to see your mother ? " I rose without replying , and he led the way to the door . As we were going down the stairs he ex- plained ...
Page 16
... warden got up and went to the window . Presently he said : " Ah , there's the padre from Marengo . He's a bit ahead of time . " He warned me that it would take us a good three quarters of an hour , walking to the church , which was in ...
... warden got up and went to the window . Presently he said : " Ah , there's the padre from Marengo . He's a bit ahead of time . " He warned me that it would take us a good three quarters of an hour , walking to the church , which was in ...
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... warden started telling me more about him . I re- member his saying that old Pérez and my mother used often to have a longish stroll together in the cool of the evening ; sometimes they went as far as the village , accompanied by a nurse ...
... warden started telling me more about him . I re- member his saying that old Pérez and my mother used often to have a longish stroll together in the cool of the evening ; sometimes they went as far as the village , accompanied by a nurse ...
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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