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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... body moved to our little mortuary -so as not to upset the other old people , you under- stand . Every time there's a death here , they're in a nervous state for two or three days . Which means , of course , extra work and worry for our ...
... body moved to our little mortuary -so as not to upset the other old people , you under- stand . Every time there's a death here , they're in a nervous state for two or three days . Which means , of course , extra work and worry for our ...
Page 76
... body was a steel spring , and my grip closed on the revolver . The trigger gave , and the smooth underbelly of the butt jogged my palm . And so , with that crisp , whipcrack sound , it all be- gan . I shook off my sweat and the clinging ...
... body was a steel spring , and my grip closed on the revolver . The trigger gave , and the smooth underbelly of the butt jogged my palm . And so , with that crisp , whipcrack sound , it all be- gan . I shook off my sweat and the clinging ...
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... body lying on the sand , he nodded more emphatically , and said , " Good ! " I was tired of repeating the same story ; I felt as if I'd never talked so much in all my life before . After another silence he stood up and said he'd like to ...
... body lying on the sand , he nodded more emphatically , and said , " Good ! " I was tired of repeating the same story ; I felt as if I'd never talked so much in all my life before . After another silence he stood up and said he'd like to ...
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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