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 141
... knew that night was coming . An- other thing I did to deflect the course of my thoughts was to listen to my heart . I couldn't im- agine that this faint throbbing which had been with me for so long would ever cease . Imagination has ...
... knew that night was coming . An- other thing I did to deflect the course of my thoughts was to listen to my heart . I couldn't im- agine that this faint throbbing which had been with me for so long would ever cease . Imagination has ...
Page 142
... knew I had another twenty - four hours ' respite . Then all day there was my appeal to think about . I made the most of this idea , studying my effects so as to squeeze out the maximum of consolation . Thus , I always began by assuming ...
... knew I had another twenty - four hours ' respite . Then all day there was my appeal to think about . I made the most of this idea , studying my effects so as to squeeze out the maximum of consolation . Thus , I always began by assuming ...
Page 152
... knew quite well why . He , too , knew why . From the dark horizon of my fu- ture a sort of slow , persistent breeze had been blow- ing toward me , all my life long , from the years that were to come . And on its way that breeze had lev ...
... knew quite well why . He , too , knew why . From the dark horizon of my fu- ture a sort of slow , persistent breeze had been blow- ing toward me , all my life long , from the years that were to come . And on its way that breeze had lev ...
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