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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 13
Page 11
... sitting down , they looked at me , and wagged their heads awkwardly , their lips sucked in between their toothless ... sit in judgment on me . A few minutes later one of the women started weeping . She was in the second row and I couldn ...
... sitting down , they looked at me , and wagged their heads awkwardly , their lips sucked in between their toothless ... sit in judgment on me . A few minutes later one of the women started weeping . She was in the second row and I couldn ...
Page 15
... Sitting down be- hind his desk , he crossed his short legs and leaned back . Besides the nurse on duty , he told me ... sit up beside the coffin , the night before . spare " It's for their own sakes , " he explained , " to their feelings ...
... Sitting down be- hind his desk , he crossed his short legs and leaned back . Besides the nurse on duty , he told me ... sit up beside the coffin , the night before . spare " It's for their own sakes , " he explained , " to their feelings ...
Page 78
... sitting room , with curtained windows , and a single lamp standing on the desk . Its light fell on the armchair in which he'd had me sit , while his own face stayed in shadow . I had read descriptions of such scenes in books , and at ...
... sitting room , with curtained windows , and a single lamp standing on the desk . Its light fell on the armchair in which he'd had me sit , while his own face stayed in shadow . I had read descriptions of such scenes in books , and at ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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