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 36
... wasn't my fault ; he was asking for it , wasn't he ? " I nodded , and he added : " As a matter of fact , I rather want to ask your advice about something ; it's connected with this business . You've knocked about the world a bit , and I ...
... wasn't my fault ; he was asking for it , wasn't he ? " I nodded , and he added : " As a matter of fact , I rather want to ask your advice about something ; it's connected with this business . You've knocked about the world a bit , and I ...
Page 146
... wasn't de- spair I felt , but fear - which was natural enough . " In that case , " he said firmly , " God can help ... wasn't because I'd been condemned to death , he said , that he spoke to me in this way . In his opinion every man on ...
... wasn't de- spair I felt , but fear - which was natural enough . " In that case , " he said firmly , " God can help ... wasn't because I'd been condemned to death , he said , that he spoke to me in this way . In his opinion every man on ...
Page 150
... wasn't going to waste it on God . Then he tried to change the subject by asking me why I hadn't once addressed him as " Father , " seeing that he was a priest . That irritated me still more , and I told him he wasn't my father ; quite ...
... wasn't going to waste it on God . Then he tried to change the subject by asking me why I hadn't once addressed him as " Father , " seeing that he was a priest . That irritated me still more , and I told him he wasn't my father ; quite ...
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