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 67
... things and people I didn't know . I gathered that they'd been acquainted for some time and had even lived together for a ... thing , as all that sunlight beating down on my bare head made me feel half asleep . Just then Raymond said ...
... things and people I didn't know . I gathered that they'd been acquainted for some time and had even lived together for a ... thing , as all that sunlight beating down on my bare head made me feel half asleep . Just then Raymond said ...
Page 138
... thing that can genuinely interest a man ? And I decided that , if ever I got out of jail , I'd attend every execution that took place . I was unwise , no doubt , even to consider this possibility . For , the moment I'd pictured myself ...
... thing that can genuinely interest a man ? And I decided that , if ever I got out of jail , I'd attend every execution that took place . I was unwise , no doubt , even to consider this possibility . For , the moment I'd pictured myself ...
Page 141
... thing I did to deflect the course of my thoughts was to listen to my heart . I couldn't im- agine that this faint throbbing which had been with me for so long would ever cease . Imagination has never been one of my strong points . Still ...
... thing I did to deflect the course of my thoughts was to listen to my heart . I couldn't im- agine that this faint throbbing which had been with me for so long would ever cease . Imagination has never been one of my strong points . Still ...
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Albert Camus Algiers answered anyhow Arabs asked beach began beside black pudding black tie café au lait Céleste cell chair cigarette coffin court courtroom crime dark death door doorkeeper explained eyes face fact feel fellow felt Fernandel gave gazing girl guillotine hair hand he'd head hear heard hearse Home hors d'oeuvre jailer Judge jury keeper knew laughing lawyer LEO LIONNI light looked magistrate Marengo Marie Marie's Masson men in black ment mind mother mother's funeral move never night noticed once Pérez police policeman prison Prosecutor question Raymond remarks replied round Salamano sand seemed shouted silence smile smoking sort sound staring started street streetcar struck Stuart Gilbert sure swim talking tell there's thing thought told tone took turned voice waited walked wanted warden window woman young