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 18
... light , and the air stoking up rapidly . I felt the first waves of heat lapping my back , and my dark suit made things worse . I couldn't imagine why we waited so long for getting under way . Old Pérez , who had put on his hat , took it ...
... light , and the air stoking up rapidly . I felt the first waves of heat lapping my back , and my dark suit made things worse . I couldn't imagine why we waited so long for getting under way . Old Pérez , who had put on his hat , took it ...
Page 73
... light falling from the sky . To stay , or to make a move - it came to much the same . After a moment I returned to the beach , and started walking . There was the same red glare as far as eye could reach , and small waves were lapping ...
... light falling from the sky . To stay , or to make a move - it came to much the same . After a moment I returned to the beach , and started walking . There was the same red glare as far as eye could reach , and small waves were lapping ...
Page 75
... light shot upward from the steel , and I felt as if a long , thin blade transfixed my forehead . At the same moment all the sweat that had accumu- lated in my eyebrows splashed down on my eye- lids , covering them with a warm film of ...
... light shot upward from the steel , and I felt as if a long , thin blade transfixed my forehead . At the same moment all the sweat that had accumu- lated in my eyebrows splashed down on my eye- lids , covering them with a warm film of ...
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