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 32
... anyhow , it has lost all its hair and its body is cov- ered with brown scabs . Perhaps through living in one small room , cooped up with his dog , Salamano has come to resemble it . His towy hair has gone very thin , and he has reddish ...
... anyhow , it has lost all its hair and its body is cov- ered with brown scabs . Perhaps through living in one small room , cooped up with his dog , Salamano has come to resemble it . His towy hair has gone very thin , and he has reddish ...
Page 80
... Anyhow , I could assure him of one thing : that I'd rather Mother hadn't died . The lawyer , however , looked displeased . " That's not enough , " he said curtly . After considering for a bit he asked me if he could say that on that day ...
... Anyhow , I could assure him of one thing : that I'd rather Mother hadn't died . The lawyer , however , looked displeased . " That's not enough , " he said curtly . After considering for a bit he asked me if he could say that on that day ...
Page 137
... anyhow give me a moment's hope , the gambler's last throw . Naturally , all that " hope " could come to was to be knocked down at the corner of a street or picked off by a bullet in my back . But , all things consid- ered , even this ...
... anyhow give me a moment's hope , the gambler's last throw . Naturally , all that " hope " could come to was to be knocked down at the corner of a street or picked off by a bullet in my back . But , all things consid- ered , even this ...
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