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 13
... taken about this . We all drank the coffee , which the keeper handed round . After that , I can't remember much ; somehow the night went by . I can recall only one moment ; I had opened my eyes and I saw the old men sleeping hunched up ...
... taken about this . We all drank the coffee , which the keeper handed round . After that , I can't remember much ; somehow the night went by . I can recall only one moment ; I had opened my eyes and I saw the old men sleeping hunched up ...
Page 57
... taken a job in the railway , and he didn't re- gret it , as now he had a small pension . He and his wife had never hit it off very well , but they'd got used to each other , and when she died he felt lonely . One of his mates on the ...
... taken a job in the railway , and he didn't re- gret it , as now he had a small pension . He and his wife had never hit it off very well , but they'd got used to each other , and when she died he felt lonely . One of his mates on the ...
Page 134
... taken to the little room where I had already waited . My lawyer came to see me ; he was very talkative and showed more cordiality and confi- dence than ever before . He assured me that all would go well and I'd get off with a few years ...
... taken to the little room where I had already waited . My lawyer came to see me ; he was very talkative and showed more cordiality and confi- dence than ever before . He assured me that all would go well and I'd get off with a few years ...
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