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 42
... dark smell rising from the well hole of the stairs . I could hear nothing but the blood throbbing in my ears , and ... darkness . IV I HAD a busy time in the office throughout the week . Raymond dropped in once to tell me he'd sent off ...
... dark smell rising from the well hole of the stairs . I could hear nothing but the blood throbbing in my ears , and ... darkness . IV I HAD a busy time in the office throughout the week . Raymond dropped in once to tell me he'd sent off ...
Page 122
... darkness of my moving cell , I recognized , echoing in my tired brain , all the characteristic sounds of a town I'd loved , and of a certain hour of the day which I had always par- ticularly enjoyed . The shouts of newspaper boys in the ...
... darkness of my moving cell , I recognized , echoing in my tired brain , all the characteristic sounds of a town I'd loved , and of a certain hour of the day which I had always par- ticularly enjoyed . The shouts of newspaper boys in the ...
Page 152
... dark horizon of my fu- ture a sort of slow , persistent breeze had been blow- ing toward me , all my life long , from the years that were to come . And on its way that breeze had lev- eled out all the ideas that people tried to foist on ...
... dark horizon of my fu- ture a sort of slow , persistent breeze had been blow- ing toward me , all my life long , from the years that were to come . And on its way that breeze had lev- eled out all the ideas that people tried to foist on ...
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Albert Camus Algiers answered anyhow Arabs asked beach began beside black pudding black tie bungalow café au lait cassock 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 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 queer question Raymond 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