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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... coffin I told him not to trouble . " Eh ? What's that ? " he exclaimed . " You don't want me to ... ? ” " No , " I said . He put back the screwdriver in his pocket and stared at me . I realized then that I shouldn't have said , " No ...
... coffin I told him not to trouble . " Eh ? What's that ? " he exclaimed . " You don't want me to ... ? ” " No , " I said . He put back the screwdriver in his pocket and stared at me . I realized then that I shouldn't have said , " No ...
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... coffin , the night before . " It's for their own sakes , " he explained , " to spare their feelings . But in this particular instance I've given permission to an old friend of your mother to come with us . His name is Thomas Pérez ...
... coffin , the night before . " It's for their own sakes , " he explained , " to spare their feelings . But in this particular instance I've given permission to an old friend of your mother to come with us . His name is Thomas Pérez ...
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... coffin by ; then , following the bearers down a corridor , we came to the front entrance , where a hearse was waiting . Oblong , glossy , varnished black all over , it vaguely re- minded me of the pen trays in the office . Beside the ...
... coffin by ; then , following the bearers down a corridor , we came to the front entrance , where a hearse was waiting . Oblong , glossy , varnished black all over , it vaguely re- minded me of the pen trays in the office . Beside the ...
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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 hadn't 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 oilcloth once Pérez police policeman prison Prosecutor queer question Raymond remarks replied round Salamano sand seemed shouted silence smile smoking sort sound 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