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 64
... began to swim when he was out of his depth . He swam hand over hand and made slow headway , so I left him behind and caught up with Marie . The water was cold and I felt all the better for it . We swam a long way out , Marie and I ...
... began to swim when he was out of his depth . He swam hand over hand and made slow headway , so I left him behind and caught up with Marie . The water was cold and I felt all the better for it . We swam a long way out , Marie and I ...
Page 89
... began to fall , and one of them explained to me how to lay out my sleeping mat . By rolling up one end one makes a sort of bolster . All night I felt bugs crawling over my face . Some days later I was put by myself in a 89 II ...
... began to fall , and one of them explained to me how to lay out my sleeping mat . By rolling up one end one makes a sort of bolster . All night I felt bugs crawling over my face . Some days later I was put by myself in a 89 II ...
Page 141
... began to turn green I knew that night was coming . An- other thing I did to deflect the course of my thoughts was to listen to my heart . I couldn't im- agine that this faint throbbing which had been with me for so long would ever cease ...
... began to turn green I knew that night was coming . An- other thing I did to deflect the course of my thoughts was to listen to my heart . I couldn't im- agine that this faint throbbing which had been with me for so long would ever cease ...
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