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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... Algiers . With the two- o'clock bus I should get there well before 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 ...
... Algiers . With the two- o'clock bus I should get there well before 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 ...
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... Algiers , and I pictured myself going straight to bed and sleeping twelve hours at a stretch . synthesia mix the senses II ON WAKING I understood why my employer had looked rather cross when I asked for my two days off ; it's a Saturday ...
... Algiers , and I pictured myself going straight to bed and sleeping twelve hours at a stretch . synthesia mix the senses II ON WAKING I understood why my employer had looked rather cross when I asked for my two days off ; it's a Saturday ...
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... Algiers . Life begins to stalk him quietly and slowly , but inexorably . The pace quickens until the little man commits a pointless murder — and reaches its climax after his trial . The Stranger pre- sents an indelible picture of a ...
... Algiers . Life begins to stalk him quietly and slowly , but inexorably . The pace quickens until the little man commits a pointless murder — and reaches its climax after his trial . The Stranger pre- sents an indelible picture of a ...
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