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 8
... matter of fact , I found it rather interesting , what he'd been telling me ; I hadn't thought of that be- fore . Now he went on to say that he'd entered the Home as an ordinary inmate . But he was still quite hale and hearty , and when ...
... matter of fact , I found it rather interesting , what he'd been telling me ; I hadn't thought of that be- fore . Now he went on to say that he'd entered the Home as an ordinary inmate . But he was still quite hale and hearty , and when ...
Page 21
... matter - of - factness that I remember hardly any details . Except that when we were on the outskirts of the village the nurse said something to me . Her voice took me by sur- prise ; it didn't match her face at all ; it was musical and ...
... matter - of - factness that I remember hardly any details . Except that when we were on the outskirts of the village the nurse said something to me . Her voice took me by sur- prise ; it didn't match her face at all ; it was musical and ...
Page 137
... their underclothes , and was credited to so vague an entity as the " French people " -for that matter , why not to the Chinese or the German people ? -all these facts seemed to deprive the court's decision of much of its 137.
... their underclothes , and was credited to so vague an entity as the " French people " -for that matter , why not to the Chinese or the German people ? -all these facts seemed to deprive the court's decision of much of its 137.
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