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 32
... lived on the same floor as I. As usual , he had his dog with him . For eight years the two had been inseparable . Salamano's spaniel is an ugly brute , afflicted with some skin disease - mange , I suspect ; anyhow , it has lost all its ...
... lived on the same floor as I. As usual , he had his dog with him . For eight years the two had been inseparable . Salamano's spaniel is an ugly brute , afflicted with some skin disease - mange , I suspect ; anyhow , it has lost all its ...
Page 67
... lived together for a while . We went down to the water's edge and walked along it ; now and then a longer wave wet our canvas shoes . I wasn't thinking of any- thing , as all that sunlight beating down on my bare head made me feel half ...
... lived together for a while . We went down to the water's edge and walked along it ; now and then a longer wave wet our canvas shoes . I wasn't thinking of any- thing , as all that sunlight beating down on my bare head made me feel half ...
Page 120
... lived on the immoral earnings of women . I , he said , was this man's inti- mate friend and associate ; in fact , the whole back- ground of the crime was of the most squalid des- cription . And what made it even more odious was the ...
... lived on the immoral earnings of women . I , he said , was this man's inti- mate friend and associate ; in fact , the whole back- ground of the crime was of the most squalid des- cription . And what made it even more odious was the ...
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