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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Albert Camus. Just then the keeper came up behind me . He'd evidently been running , as he was a little out of breath ... keeper whispered in my ear : " It's a tumor she has , poor thing . " I looked at her more carefully and I noticed ...
Albert Camus. Just then the keeper came up behind me . He'd evidently been running , as he was a little out of breath ... keeper whispered in my ear : " It's a tumor she has , poor thing . " I looked at her more carefully and I noticed ...
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... keeper's job fell vacant , he offered to take it on . I pointed out that , even so , he was really an in- mate like the others , but he wouldn't hear of it . He was " an official , like . " I'd been struck before by his habit of saying ...
... keeper's job fell vacant , he offered to take it on . I pointed out that , even so , he was really an in- mate like the others , but he wouldn't hear of it . He was " an official , like . " I'd been struck before by his habit of saying ...
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... keeper handed round . After that , I can't remember much ; somehow the night went by . I can recall only one moment ; I had opened my eyes and I saw the old men sleeping hunched up on their chairs , with one exception . Resting his chin ...
... keeper handed round . After that , I can't remember much ; somehow the night went by . I can recall only one moment ; I had opened my eyes and I saw the old men sleeping hunched up on their chairs , with one exception . Resting his chin ...
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