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 57
... taken a job in the railway , and he didn't re- gret it , as now he had a small pension . He and his wife had never hit it off very well , but they'd got used to each other , and when she died he felt lonely . One of his mates on the ...
... taken a job in the railway , and he didn't re- gret it , as now he had a small pension . He and his wife had never hit it off very well , but they'd got used to each other , and when she died he felt lonely . One of his mates on the ...
Page 110
... taken a revolver with me , and why go back precisely to that spot ? I said it was a matter of chance . The Prosecutor then observed in a nasty tone : " Very good . That will be all for the present . " pure I couldn't quite follow what ...
... taken a revolver with me , and why go back precisely to that spot ? I said it was a matter of chance . The Prosecutor then observed in a nasty tone : " Very good . That will be all for the present . " pure I couldn't quite follow what ...
Page 141
... taken by surprise . When something happens to me I want to be ready for it . That's why I got into the habit of sleeping off and on in the daytime and watching through the night for the first hint of daybreak in the dark dome above ...
... taken by surprise . When something happens to me I want to be ready for it . That's why I got into the habit of sleeping off and on in the daytime and watching through the night for the first hint of daybreak in the dark dome above ...
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