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 91
... voices and , in spite of the din , managed to converse almost in whispers . This murmur of voices coming from below made a ... voice very high . " What about it ? Are you all right , have you every- thing you want ? ” “ Oh , yes . I've ...
... voices and , in spite of the din , managed to converse almost in whispers . This murmur of voices coming from below made a ... voice very high . " What about it ? Are you all right , have you every- thing you want ? ” “ Oh , yes . I've ...
Page 93
... voice . " Yes , you'll be acquitted , and we'll go bathing again , Sundays . " The woman beside me was still yelling away , telling her husband that she'd left a basket for him in the prison office . She gave a list of the things she'd ...
... voice . " Yes , you'll be acquitted , and we'll go bathing again , Sundays . " The woman beside me was still yelling away , telling her husband that she'd left a basket for him in the prison office . She gave a list of the things she'd ...
Page 101
... voice ; my own voice , there was no mistaking it . And I recognized it as the voice that for many a day of late had been 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 ...
... voice ; my own voice , there was no mistaking it . And I recognized it as the voice that for many a day of late had been 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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