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 66
... Masson re- marked that we'd had a very early lunch , but really lunch was a movable feast , you had it when you felt like it . This set Marie laughing , I don't know why . I suspect she'd drunk a bit too much . Then Masson asked if I'd ...
... Masson re- marked that we'd had a very early lunch , but really lunch was a movable feast , you had it when you felt like it . This set Marie laughing , I don't know why . I suspect she'd drunk a bit too much . Then Masson asked if I'd ...
Page 67
... Masson talked of things and people I didn't know . I gathered that they'd been acquainted for some time and had even 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 ...
... Masson talked of things and people I didn't know . I gathered that they'd been acquainted for some time and had even 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 ...
Page 68
... Masson put his hands in his pockets . The sand was as hot as fire , and I could have sworn it was glowing red . The distance between us and the Arabs was steadily decreasing . When we were only a few steps away the Arabs halted . Masson ...
... Masson put his hands in his pockets . The sand was as hot as fire , and I could have sworn it was glowing red . The distance between us and the Arabs was steadily decreasing . When we were only a few steps away the Arabs halted . Masson ...
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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 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 once Pérez police policeman prison Prosecutor queer question Raymond remarks replied round Salamano sand seemed shouted silence smile smoking sort sound STANFORD UNIVERSITY 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