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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... body for three days , sometimes four . " After that he had mentioned that he'd spent the best part of his life in Paris , and could never manage to forget it . " Here , " he had said , " things have to go with a rush , like . You've ...
... body for three days , sometimes four . " After that he had mentioned that he'd spent the best part of his life in Paris , and could never manage to forget it . " Here , " he had said , " things have to go with a rush , like . You've ...
Page 76
... body was a steel spring , and my grip closed on the revolver . The trigger gave , and the smooth underbelly of the butt jogged my palm . And so , with that crisp , whipcrack sound , it all be- gan . I shook off my sweat and the clinging ...
... body was a steel spring , and my grip closed on the revolver . The trigger gave , and the smooth underbelly of the butt jogged my palm . And so , with that crisp , whipcrack sound , it all be- gan . I shook off my sweat and the clinging ...
Page 100
... body into the river . Next morning his wife came and , without thinking , be- trayed the guest's identity . His mother hanged her- self . His sister threw herself into a well . I must have read that story thousands of times . In one way ...
... body into the river . Next morning his wife came and , without thinking , be- trayed the guest's identity . His mother hanged her- self . His sister threw herself into a well . I must have read that story thousands of times . In one way ...
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ALBERT CAMUS Algiers answered anyhow Arabs asked beach began beside black pudding black tie bungalow café au lait cassock Céleste cell chair cigarette coffin court courtroom crime dark death door doorkeeper explained eyes face fact feel fellow felt Fernandel gave gazing girl guillotine hadn't hair hand he'd head hear heard hearse Home hors d'oeuvre jailer Judge jury keeper knew laughing lawyer light looked magistrate Marengo Marie Marie's Masson men in black ment mind mother mother's funeral move never night noticed oilcloth once Pérez police policeman prison Prosecutor queer question Raymond remarks replied round Salamano sand seemed shouted silence smile smoking sort sound staring started street streetcar struck sure swim talking tell there's thing thought told tone took turned voice waited walked wanted warden window woman young