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 94
... called , " Au revoir , Mother , " and , slipping her hand between the bars , she gave him a small , slow wave with it . No sooner was she gone than a man , hat in hand , took her place . A prisoner was led up to the empty place beside ...
... called , " Au revoir , Mother , " and , slipping her hand between the bars , she gave him a small , slow wave with it . No sooner was she gone than a man , hat in hand , took her place . A prisoner was led up to the empty place beside ...
Page 127
... called my " soul . " He said he'd studied it closely - and had found a blank , " literally nothing , gentlemen of the jury . " Really , he said , I had no soul , there was nothing human about me , not one of those moral qualities which ...
... called my " soul . " He said he'd studied it closely - and had found a blank , " literally nothing , gentlemen of the jury . " Really , he said , I had no soul , there was nothing human about me , not one of those moral qualities which ...
Page 134
... read out the an- swers . You will be called on after that to hear the judgment . " Some doors banged . I heard people hurrying down flights of steps , but couldn't tell whether they were near by or distant . Then I heard a 134.
... read out the an- swers . You will be called on after that to hear the judgment . " Some doors banged . I heard people hurrying down flights of steps , but couldn't tell whether they were near by or distant . Then I heard a 134.
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