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 107
... jury , the various questions put by the presiding judge to the Prosecutor , the foreman of the jury , and my counsel ( each time he spoke all the jurymen's heads swung round together toward the bench ) , the hurried reading of the ...
... jury , the various questions put by the presiding judge to the Prosecutor , the foreman of the jury , and my counsel ( each time he spoke all the jurymen's heads swung round together toward the bench ) , the hurried reading of the ...
Page 113
... jury will appre- ciate , " he said , " the importance of this admis- sion . " The Prosecutor , however , was promptly on his feet again . " Quite so , " he boomed above our heads . " The jury will appreciate it . And they will draw the ...
... jury will appre- ciate , " he said , " the importance of this admis- sion . " The Prosecutor , however , was promptly on his feet again . " Quite so , " he boomed above our heads . " The jury will appreciate it . And they will draw the ...
Page 134
... jury went out , and I was taken to the little room where I had already waited . My lawyer came to see me ; he was very talkative and showed more cordiality and confi- dence than ever before . He assured me that all would go well and I'd ...
... jury went out , and I was taken to the little room where I had already waited . My lawyer came to see me ; he was very talkative and showed more cordiality and confi- dence than ever before . He assured me that all would go well and I'd ...
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