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 86
... sure ; if ever he came to doubt it , his life would lose all meaning . " Do you wish , ” he asked indignantly , " my life to have no meaning ? " Really I couldn't see how my wishes came into it , and I told him as much . While I was ...
... sure ; if ever he came to doubt it , his life would lose all meaning . " Do you wish , ” he asked indignantly , " my life to have no meaning ? " Really I couldn't see how my wishes came into it , and I told him as much . While I was ...
Page 145
... sure of that ? " I said I saw no point in troubling my head about the matter ; whether I believed or didn't was , to my mind , a question of so little importance . He then leaned back against the wall , laying his hands flat on his ...
... sure of that ? " I said I saw no point in troubling my head about the matter ; whether I believed or didn't was , to my mind , a question of so little importance . He then leaned back against the wall , laying his hands flat on his ...
Page 146
... sure about what interested me , I was absolutely sure about what didn't interest me . And the question he had raised didn't interest me at all . He looked away and , without altering his pos- ture , asked if it was because I felt ...
... sure about what interested me , I was absolutely sure about what didn't interest me . And the question he had raised didn't interest me at all . He looked away and , without altering his pos- ture , asked if it was because I felt ...
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