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 28
... called back , " Good work ! " From now on there was a steady stream of private cars . The sky had changed again ; a reddish glow was spreading up beyond the housetops . As dusk set in , the street grew more crowded . People were re ...
... called back , " Good work ! " From now on there was a steady stream of private cars . The sky had changed again ; a reddish glow was spreading up beyond the housetops . As dusk set in , the street grew more crowded . People were re ...
Page 94
... called , " Au revoir , Mother , " and , slipping her hand between the bars , she gave him a small , slow wave with it . 99 No sooner was she gone than a man , hat in hand , took her place . A prisoner was led up to the empty place ...
... called , " Au revoir , Mother , " and , slipping her hand between the bars , she gave him a small , slow wave with it . 99 No sooner was she gone than a man , hat in hand , took her place . A prisoner was led up to the empty place ...
Page 127
... called my " soul . " He said he'd studied it closely - and had found a blank , " literally nothing , gentlemen of the jury . ' Really , he said , I had no soul , there was nothing . human about me , not one of those moral qualities ...
... called my " soul . " He said he'd studied it closely - and had found a blank , " literally nothing , gentlemen of the jury . ' Really , he said , I had no soul , there was nothing . human about me , not one of those moral qualities ...
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