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 89
... speak . On the day of my arrest they put me in a biggish room with several other prisoners , mostly Arabs . They grinned when they saw me enter , and asked me what I'd done . I told them I'd killed an Arab , and they kept mum for a ...
... speak . On the day of my arrest they put me in a biggish room with several other prisoners , mostly Arabs . They grinned when they saw me enter , and asked me what I'd done . I told them I'd killed an Arab , and they kept mum for a ...
Page 101
... speak- " the nameless hour , " I called it - when evening sounds were creeping up from all the floors of the prison in a sort of stealthy proces- sion . I went to the barred window and in the last rays looked once again at my reflected ...
... speak- " the nameless hour , " I called it - when evening sounds were creeping up from all the floors of the prison in a sort of stealthy proces- sion . I went to the barred window and in the last rays looked once again at my reflected ...
Page 129
... speak , I said the first thing that crossed my mind : that I'd had no intention of killing the Arab . The Judge replied that this statement would be taken into considera- tion by the court . Meanwhile he would be glad to hear , before ...
... speak , I said the first thing that crossed my mind : that I'd had no intention of killing the Arab . The Judge replied that this statement would be taken into considera- tion by the court . Meanwhile he would be glad to hear , before ...
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