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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... them remained loitering in the street under my window . A group of girls came by , walking arm in arm . The young men under my window swerved so as to brush against them , and shouted humorous remarks , which made the girls turn their 28.
... them remained loitering in the street under my window . A group of girls came by , walking arm in arm . The young men under my window swerved so as to brush against them , and shouted humorous remarks , which made the girls turn their 28.
Page 29
Albert Camus. shouted humorous remarks , which made the girls turn their heads and giggle . I recognized them as girls from my part of the town , and two or three of them , whom I knew , looked up and waved to me . Just then the street ...
Albert Camus. shouted humorous remarks , which made the girls turn their heads and giggle . I recognized them as girls from my part of the town , and two or three of them , whom I knew , looked up and waved to me . Just then the street ...
Page 88
... remarks with the lawyer , the magistrate closed the interview . My case was " taking its course , " as he put it . Sometimes , too , the conversa- tion was of a general order , and the magistrate and lawyer encouraged me to join in it ...
... remarks with the lawyer , the magistrate closed the interview . My case was " taking its course , " as he put it . Sometimes , too , the conversa- tion was of a general order , and the magistrate and lawyer encouraged me to join in it ...
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