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. she had a bandage round her head , just below her eyes . It lay quite flat across the bridge of her nose ... round , I asked the keeper how long he'd been at the Home . " Five years . " The answer came so pat that one could ...
Albert Camus. she had a bandage round her head , just below her eyes . It lay quite flat across the bridge of her nose ... round , I asked the keeper how long he'd been at the Home . " Five years . " The answer came so pat that one could ...
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Albert Camus. chairs , and set them out round the coffin . On one he placed a coffeepot and ten or a dozen cups . Then he ... round their waists made their big stomachs bulge still more . I'd never yet noticed what big paunches old women ...
Albert Camus. chairs , and set them out round the coffin . On one he placed a coffeepot and ten or a dozen cups . Then he ... round their waists made their big stomachs bulge still more . I'd never yet noticed what big paunches old women ...
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... 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 on his hands ...
... 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 on his hands ...
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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