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 11
... couldn't see their eyes , only a dull glow in a sort of nest of wrinkles . On sitting down , they looked at me , and wagged their heads awkwardly , their lips sucked in between their toothless gums . I couldn't decide if they were ...
... couldn't see their eyes , only a dull glow in a sort of nest of wrinkles . On sitting down , they looked at me , and wagged their heads awkwardly , their lips sucked in between their toothless gums . I couldn't decide if they were ...
Page 37
... couldn't make both ends meet with what I gave her . So one day I says to her , ' Look here , why not get a job for a few hours a day ? That'd make things easier for me , too . I bought you a new dress this month , I pay your rent and ...
... couldn't make both ends meet with what I gave her . So one day I says to her , ' Look here , why not get a job for a few hours a day ? That'd make things easier for me , too . I bought you a new dress this month , I pay your rent and ...
Page 144
... couldn't feel an interest in a dead girl . This seemed to me quite normal ; just as I realized people would soon forget me once I was dead . I couldn't even say that this was hard to stomach ; really , there's no idea to which one doesn ...
... couldn't feel an interest in a dead girl . This seemed to me quite normal ; just as I realized people would soon forget me once I was dead . I couldn't even say that this was hard to stomach ; really , there's no idea to which one doesn ...
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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