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 39
... sort of lech on her " as he called it . But he was quite determined to teach her a lesson . His first idea , he said , had been to take her to a hotel , and then call in the special police . He'd per- suade them to put her on the ...
... sort of lech on her " as he called it . But he was quite determined to teach her a lesson . His first idea , he said , had been to take her to a hotel , and then call in the special police . He'd per- suade them to put her on the ...
Page 92
... sort of hungry passion . But I had to stop looking at them as Marie was shouting to me that we mustn't lose hope . " Certainly not , " I answered . My gaze fell on her shoulders , and I had a sudden longing to squeeze them , through the ...
... sort of hungry passion . But I had to stop looking at them as Marie was shouting to me that we mustn't lose hope . " Certainly not , " I answered . My gaze fell on her shoulders , and I had a sudden longing to squeeze them , through the ...
Page 152
... 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 me in the equally unreal ...
... 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 me in the equally unreal ...
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