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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... hadn't told DI Tulloch that I was in my car at the end of the street where Aamir Chowdhury's family lived, that I was seconds away from knocking on their door. I wasn't even sure what I hoped to gain. I just knew there was something odd ...
... hadn't told DI Tulloch that I was in my car at the end of the street where Aamir Chowdhury's family lived, that I was seconds away from knocking on their door. I wasn't even sure what I hoped to gain. I just knew there was something odd ...
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... hadn't thought of knowing the truth but now when I know it I can never forgive myself for asking. I am very happy with my life now and I am one of the mega interior designers in the city. My dad is living in New York and my mom... I ...
... hadn't thought of knowing the truth but now when I know it I can never forgive myself for asking. I am very happy with my life now and I am one of the mega interior designers in the city. My dad is living in New York and my mom... I ...
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... hadn't understood a thing. I'm forty-two years old, two children, I live alone, my wife left me for an architect, I waited and waited for her, now that she wants me back I don't want her; I don't earn much, my career hasn't gone well ...
... hadn't understood a thing. I'm forty-two years old, two children, I live alone, my wife left me for an architect, I waited and waited for her, now that she wants me back I don't want her; I don't earn much, my career hasn't gone well ...
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