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 102
... court will dispatch your case as quickly as possible , as it isn't the most im- portant one on the Cause List ... courts in a prison van . The two policemen led me into a small room that smelled of darkness . We sat near a door through ...
... court will dispatch your case as quickly as possible , as it isn't the most im- portant one on the Cause List ... courts in a prison van . The two policemen led me into a small room that smelled of darkness . We sat near a door through ...
Page 108
... court cleared . The day was stoking up . Some of the public were fanning themselves with newspapers , and there was a constant rustle of crumpled paper . On a sign from the presiding judge the clerk of the court brought three fans of ...
... court cleared . The day was stoking up . Some of the public were fanning themselves with newspapers , and there was a constant rustle of crumpled paper . On a sign from the presiding judge the clerk of the court brought three fans of ...
Page 122
... court rose . As I was being taken from the courthouse to the prison van , I was conscious for a few brief moments of the once familiar feel of a summer evening out - of- doors . And , sitting in the darkness of my moving cell , I ...
... court rose . As I was being taken from the courthouse to the prison van , I was conscious for a few brief moments of the once familiar feel of a summer evening out - of- doors . And , sitting in the darkness of my moving cell , I ...
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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