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 110
... present . " I couldn't quite follow what came next . Any- how , after some palavering among the bench , the Prosecutor , and my counsel , the presiding judge announced that the court would now rise ; there was an adjournment till the ...
... present . " I couldn't quite follow what came next . Any- how , after some palavering among the bench , the Prosecutor , and my counsel , the presiding judge announced that the court would now rise ; there was an adjournment till the ...
Page 135
... present ; it was one of almost respectful sympathy . The policemen , too , handled me very gently . The lawyer placed his hand on my wrist . I had stopped thinking alto- gether . I heard the Judge's voice asking if I had anything more ...
... present ; it was one of almost respectful sympathy . The policemen , too , handled me very gently . The lawyer placed his hand on my wrist . I had stopped thinking alto- gether . I heard the Judge's voice asking if I had anything more ...
Page 151
... present life and of the death that was coming . That , no doubt , was all I had ; but at least that certainty was something I could get my teeth into - just as it had got its teeth into me . I'd been right , I was still right , I was ...
... present life and of the death that was coming . That , no doubt , was all I had ; but at least that certainty was something I could get my teeth into - just as it had got its teeth into me . I'd been right , I was still right , I was ...
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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