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 17
... pudding - basin crown and a very wide brim - he whisked it off the moment the coffin emerged from the doorway - trousers that con- certina'd on his shoes , a black tie much too small for his high white double collar . Under a bulbous ...
... pudding - basin crown and a very wide brim - he whisked it off the moment the coffin emerged from the doorway - trousers that con- certina'd on his shoes , a black tie much too small for his high white double collar . Under a bulbous ...
Page 35
... black pudding and some wine . " It struck me that this would save my having to cook my dinner , so I said , " Thanks very much . " He , too , has only one room , and a little kitchen without a window . I saw a pink - and - white plaster ...
... black pudding and some wine . " It struck me that this would save my having to cook my dinner , so I said , " Thanks very much . " He , too , has only one room , and a little kitchen without a window . I saw a pink - and - white plaster ...
Page 36
... black pudding , cooked it in a frying pan , then laid the table , putting out two bottles of wine . While he was doing this he didn't speak . We started dinner , and then he began telling me the whole story , hesitating a bit at first ...
... black pudding , cooked it in a frying pan , then laid the table , putting out two bottles of wine . While he was doing this he didn't speak . We started dinner , and then he began telling me the whole story , hesitating a bit at first ...
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