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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... window . A group of girls came by , walking arm in arm . The young men under my window swerved so as to brush against them , and shouted humorous remarks , which made the girls turn their 28.
... window . A group of girls came by , walking arm in arm . The young men under my window swerved so as to brush against them , and shouted humorous remarks , which made the girls turn their 28.
Page 30
Albert Camus. coming back , after shutting the window , I glanced at the mirror and saw reflected in it a corner of my table with my spirit lamp and some bits of bread beside it . It occurred to me that somehow I'd ... window, I glanced ...
Albert Camus. coming back , after shutting the window , I glanced at the mirror and saw reflected in it a corner of my table with my spirit lamp and some bits of bread beside it . It occurred to me that somehow I'd ... window, I glanced ...
Page 90
... window I had glimpses of the sea . One day when I was hanging on the bars , straining my eyes toward the sunlight playing on the waves , a jailer entered and said I had a visitor . I thought it must be Marie , and so it was . To go to ...
... window I had glimpses of the sea . One day when I was hanging on the bars , straining my eyes toward the sunlight playing on the waves , a jailer entered and said I had a visitor . I thought it must be Marie , and so it was . To go to ...
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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