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 15
... mother to come with us . His name is Thomas Pérez . " The warden smiled . " It's a rather touching little story in its way . He and your mother had become almost inseparable . The other old people used to tease Pérez about having a ...
... mother to come with us . His name is Thomas Pérez . " The warden smiled . " It's a rather touching little story in its way . He and your mother had become almost inseparable . The other old people used to tease Pérez about having a ...
Page 58
... mother had been very fond of his dog . He referred to her as " your poor mother , " and was afraid I must be feeling her death terribly . When I said nothing he added hastily and with a rather embar- rassed air that some of the people ...
... mother had been very fond of his dog . He referred to her as " your poor mother , " and was afraid I must be feeling her death terribly . When I said nothing he added hastily and with a rather embar- rassed air that some of the people ...
Page 80
... Mother's funeral , I was fagged out and only half awake . So , really , I hardly took stock of what was happening . Anyhow , I could assure him of one thing : that I'd rather Mother hadn't died . The lawyer , however , looked displeased ...
... Mother's funeral , I was fagged out and only half awake . So , really , I hardly took stock of what was happening . Anyhow , I could assure him of one thing : that I'd rather Mother hadn't died . The lawyer , however , looked displeased ...
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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