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 98
... never had a mo- ment's boredom . Sometimes I would exercise my memory on my bedroom and , starting from a cor- ner , make the round , noting every object I saw on the way . At first it was over in a minute or two . But each time I ...
... never had a mo- ment's boredom . Sometimes I would exercise my memory on my bedroom and , starting from a cor- ner , make the round , noting every object I saw on the way . At first it was over in a minute or two . But each time I ...
Page 99
Albert Camus. enough memories never to be bored . Obviously , in one way , this was a compensation . Then there was sleep . To begin with , I slept badly at night and never in the day . But gradually my nights became better , and I ...
Albert Camus. enough memories never to be bored . Obviously , in one way , this was a compensation . Then there was sleep . To begin with , I slept badly at night and never in the day . But gradually my nights became better , and I ...
Page 149
... never seen it , and now I'd given up trying . Indeed , I'd never seen anything " taking form , " as he called it , against those gray walls . The chaplain gazed at me with a sort of sadness . I now had my back to the wall and light was ...
... never seen it , and now I'd given up trying . Indeed , I'd never seen anything " taking form , " as he called it , against those gray walls . The chaplain gazed at me with a sort of sadness . I now had my back to the wall and light was ...
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