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 80
... mean much . All normal people , I added as on after- thought , had more or less desired the death of those they loved , at some time or another . Here the lawyer interrupted me , looking greatly perturbed . " You must promise me not to ...
... mean much . All normal people , I added as on after- thought , had more or less desired the death of those they loved , at some time or another . Here the lawyer interrupted me , looking greatly perturbed . " You must promise me not to ...
Page 140
... mean , what I'd learned about it at school , and the pictures I had seen . Then one morning I remem- bered a photograph the newspapers had featured on the occasion of the execution of a famous crimi- nal . Actually the apparatus stood ...
... mean , what I'd learned about it at school , and the pictures I had seen . Then one morning I remem- bered a photograph the newspapers had featured on the occasion of the execution of a famous crimi- nal . Actually the apparatus stood ...
Page 151
... ; I hadn't done x , whereas I had done y or z . And what did that mean ? That , all the time , I'd been waiting for this present mo- ment , for that dawn , tomorrow's or another day's , which was to justify me . Nothing , nothing had 151.
... ; I hadn't done x , whereas I had done y or z . And what did that mean ? That , all the time , I'd been waiting for this present mo- ment , for that dawn , tomorrow's or another day's , which was to justify me . Nothing , nothing had 151.
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