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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... amongst themselves in little groups . They fell silent as we came up with them . Then , behind our backs , the chattering began again . Their voices reminded me of parakeets in a cage , only the sound wasn't quite so shrill . The warden 4.
... amongst themselves in little groups . They fell silent as we came up with them . Then , behind our backs , the chattering began again . Their voices reminded me of parakeets in a cage , only the sound wasn't quite so shrill . The warden 4.
Page 14
... sound of a bell inside the building at- tracted my attention . I could see movements be- hind the windows ; then all was calm again . The sun had risen a little higher and was beginning to warm my feet . The keeper came across the yard ...
... sound of a bell inside the building at- tracted my attention . I could see movements be- hind the windows ; then all was calm again . The sun had risen a little higher and was beginning to warm my feet . The keeper came across the yard ...
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... sounds were creeping up from all the floors of the prison in a sort of stealthy proces- sion . I went to the barred ... sound- ing in my ears . So I knew that all this time I'd been talking to myself . And something I'd been told came ...
... sounds were creeping up from all the floors of the prison in a sort of stealthy proces- sion . I went to the barred ... sound- ing in my ears . So I knew that all this time I'd been talking to myself . And something I'd been told came ...
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