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 17
... hearse was waiting . Oblong , glossy , varnished black all over , it vaguely re- minded me of the pen trays in the office . Beside the hearse stood a quaintly dressed little man , whose duty it was , I understood , to supervise the ...
... hearse was waiting . Oblong , glossy , varnished black all over , it vaguely re- minded me of the pen trays in the office . Beside the hearse stood a quaintly dressed little man , whose duty it was , I understood , to supervise the ...
Page 18
... there was something inhuman , discour- aging , about this landscape . At last we made a move . Only then I noticed that Pérez had a slight limp . The old chap steadily lost ground as the hearse gained speed . One of the 18.
... there was something inhuman , discour- aging , about this landscape . At last we made a move . Only then I noticed that Pérez had a slight limp . The old chap steadily lost ground as the hearse gained speed . One of the 18.
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... hearse . It gave one a queer , dreamlike impression , that blue - white glare overhead and all this blackness round one : the sleek black of the hearse , the dull black of the men's clothes , and the silvery - black gashes in the road ...
... hearse . It gave one a queer , dreamlike impression , that blue - white glare overhead and all this blackness round one : the sleek black of the hearse , the dull black of the men's clothes , and the silvery - black gashes in the road ...
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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