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
... 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 greeting me and trying ...
... 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 greeting me and trying ...
Page 75
... eye- lids , covering them with a warm film of moisture . Beneath a veil of brine and tears my eyes were blinded ; I was conscious only of the cymbals of the sun clashing on my skull , and , less distinctly , of the keen blade of light ...
... eye- lids , covering them with a warm film of moisture . Beneath a veil of brine and tears my eyes were blinded ; I was conscious only of the cymbals of the sun clashing on my skull , and , less distinctly , of the keen blade of light ...
Page 147
... eyes . It was a trick I knew well . I used to amuse myself trying it on Emmanuel and Céleste , and nine times out of ten they'd look away uncomfor- tably . I could see the chaplain was an old hand at it , as his gaze never faltered ...
... eyes . It was a trick I knew well . I used to amuse myself trying it on Emmanuel and Céleste , and nine times out of ten they'd look away uncomfor- tably . I could see the chaplain was an old hand at it , as his gaze never faltered ...
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