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 11
... queer effect , seeing all those old fellows grouped round the keeper , solemnly eying me and dandling their heads from side to side . For a moment I had an absurd impression that they had come to sit in judgment on me . A few minutes ...
... queer effect , seeing all those old fellows grouped round the keeper , solemnly eying me and dandling their heads from side to side . For a moment I had an absurd impression that they had come to sit in judgment on me . A few minutes ...
Page 20
... queer , dreamlike impression , that blue - white glare overhead and all this blackness round one : the sleek black of the hearse , the dull black of the men's clothes , and the silvery - black gashes in the road . And then there were ...
... queer , dreamlike impression , that blue - white glare overhead and all this blackness round one : the sleek black of the hearse , the dull black of the men's clothes , and the silvery - black gashes in the road . And then there were ...
Page 80
... my feelings under control . " No , " I said . " That wouldn't be true . " He gave me a queer look , as if I slightly revolted him ; then informed me , in an almost hostile tone , that in any case the head of the Home and 80.
... my feelings under control . " No , " I said . " That wouldn't be true . " He gave me a queer look , as if I slightly revolted him ; then informed me , in an almost hostile tone , that in any case the head of the Home and 80.
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