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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Albert Camus. making a fresh start . There , too , in that Home where lives were flickering out , the dusk came as a mournful solace . With death so near , Mother must have felt like someone on the brink of freedom , ready to start life ...
Albert Camus. making a fresh start . There , too , in that Home where lives were flickering out , the dusk came as a mournful solace . With death so near , Mother must have felt like someone on the brink of freedom , ready to start life ...
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Albert Camus. ALBERT CAMUS was born in Mondovi , Algeria , in 1913. After winning a degree in philosophy , he worked at various jobs , end- ing up in journalism . In the thirties he ran a theatrical company , and during the war was ...
Albert Camus. ALBERT CAMUS was born in Mondovi , Algeria , in 1913. After winning a degree in philosophy , he worked at various jobs , end- ing up in journalism . In the thirties he ran a theatrical company , and during the war was ...
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Albert Camus. LITERATURE a VINTAGE BOOK COVER DESIGN BY LEO LIONNI the Stranger Dy by Albert Camus is a short novel about an ordinary little man living quietly in Algiers . Life begins to stalk him quietly and slowly , but inexorably ...
Albert Camus. LITERATURE a VINTAGE BOOK COVER DESIGN BY LEO LIONNI the Stranger Dy by Albert Camus is a short novel about an ordinary little man living quietly in Algiers . Life begins to stalk him quietly and slowly , but inexorably ...
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