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 36
... started to help him get up , but all he did was to kick at me from where he lay . So I gave him one with my knee and a couple more swipes . He was bleeding like a pig when I'd done with him . I asked him if he'd had enough , and he said ...
... started to help him get up , but all he did was to kick at me from where he lay . So I gave him one with my knee and a couple more swipes . He was bleeding like a pig when I'd done with him . I asked him if he'd had enough , and he said ...
Page 44
... started laughing , and when she laughs I always want to kiss her . It was just then that the row started in Raymond's room . First we heard a woman saying something in a high - pitched voice ; then Raymond bawling at her , " You let me ...
... started laughing , and when she laughs I always want to kiss her . It was just then that the row started in Raymond's room . First we heard a woman saying something in a high - pitched voice ; then Raymond bawling at her , " You let me ...
Page 55
... started studying the bill of fare with a sort of rapt attention . Then she called Céleste and gave her order , very fast but quite distinctly ; one didn't lose a word . While wait- ing for the hors d'oeuvre she opened her bag , took out ...
... started studying the bill of fare with a sort of rapt attention . Then she called Céleste and gave her order , very fast but quite distinctly ; one didn't lose a word . While wait- ing for the hors d'oeuvre she opened her bag , took out ...
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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