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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... queer , dreamlike impression , that blue - white glare overhead and all this blackness round one : the sleek black of the hearse , the dull black of the men's clothes , and the silvery - black gashes in the road . And then there were ...
... queer , dreamlike impression , that blue - white glare overhead and all this blackness round one : the sleek black of the hearse , the dull black of the men's clothes , and the silvery - black gashes in the road . And then there were ...
Page 109
... queer little robot woman . The jurymen , however , were all gazing at the red - robed judge , and I was again reminded of the row of passengers on one side of a tram . Presently he gave a slight cough , turned some pages of his file ...
... queer little robot woman . The jurymen , however , were all gazing at the red - robed judge , and I was again reminded of the row of passengers on one side of a tram . Presently he gave a slight cough , turned some pages of his file ...
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... queer that I bent toward the policeman on my right and asked him to explain . He told me to shut up ; then , after a moment , whispered : " They .all do that . " It seemed to me that the idea behind it was still further to exclude me ...
... queer that I bent toward the policeman on my right and asked him to explain . He told me to shut up ; then , after a moment , whispered : " They .all do that . " It seemed to me that the idea behind it was still further to exclude me ...
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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