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 102
... court will dispatch your case as quickly as possible , as it isn't the most im- portant one on the Cause List ... courts in a prison van . The two policemen led me into a small room that smelled of darkness . We sat near a door through ...
... court will dispatch your case as quickly as possible , as it isn't the most im- portant one on the Cause List ... courts in a prison van . The two policemen led me into a small room that smelled of darkness . We sat near a door through ...
Page 128
... court , gentlemen , will be called on to try tomorrow that most odious of crimes , the murder of a father by his son . " To his mind , such a crime was almost unimaginable . But , he ventured to hope , justice would be meted out without ...
... court , gentlemen , will be called on to try tomorrow that most odious of crimes , the murder of a father by his son . " To his mind , such a crime was almost unimaginable . But , he ventured to hope , justice would be meted out without ...
Page 129
... court . Meanwhile he would be glad to hear , before my counsel addressed the court , what were the motives of my crime . So far , he must ad- mit , he hadn't fully understood the grounds of my 129.
... court . Meanwhile he would be glad to hear , before my counsel addressed the court , what were the motives of my crime . So far , he must ad- mit , he hadn't fully understood the grounds of my 129.
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