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 87
... question : Did I I had done ? regret what After thinking a bit , I said that what I felt was less regret than a kind of vexation - I couldn't find a better word for it . But he didn't seem to under- stand . . . . This was as far as ...
... question : Did I I had done ? regret what After thinking a bit , I said that what I felt was less regret than a kind of vexation - I couldn't find a better word for it . But he didn't seem to under- stand . . . . This was as far as ...
Page 119
... question about my mother and myself , he said that Mother and I had very little in common and that explained why I'd ... questions put you . " He was then asked to make clear his relations with the deceased , and Raymond took this op ...
... question about my mother and myself , he said that Mother and I had very little in common and that explained why I'd ... questions put you . " He was then asked to make clear his relations with the deceased , and Raymond took this op ...
Page 127
... question of my speaking to anyone in that tone . I hadn't the right to show any friendly feel- ing or possess good intentions . And I tried to follow what came next , as the Prosecutor was now consid- ering what he called my " soul ...
... question of my speaking to anyone in that tone . I hadn't the right to show any friendly feel- ing or possess good intentions . And I tried to follow what came next , as the Prosecutor was now consid- ering what he called my " soul ...
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