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 34
... answer , but went on shouting , " You bloody cur ! " and the rest of it . I couldn't see very clearly , but he seemed to be fixing something on the dog's col- lar . I ... answered : " No. " We went up the stairs together , Sintès and I 34.
... answer , but went on shouting , " You bloody cur ! " and the rest of it . I couldn't see very clearly , but he seemed to be fixing something on the dog's col- lar . I ... answered : " No. " We went up the stairs together , Sintès and I 34.
Page 80
Albert Camus. I answered that , of recent years , I'd rather lost the habit of noting my feelings , and hardly knew what to answer . I could truthfully say I'd been quite fond of Mother - but really that didn't mean much . All normal ...
Albert Camus. I answered that , of recent years , I'd rather lost the habit of noting my feelings , and hardly knew what to answer . I could truthfully say I'd been quite fond of Mother - but really that didn't mean much . All normal ...
Page 93
... answered : " Do you really think so ? " but chiefly because I felt it up to me to answer something . She started talking very fast in the same high- pitched voice . " Yes , you'll be acquitted , and we'll go bathing again , Sundays ...
... answered : " Do you really think so ? " but chiefly because I felt it up to me to answer something . She started talking very fast in the same high- pitched voice . " Yes , you'll be acquitted , and we'll go bathing again , Sundays ...
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