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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... stop . The others didn't seem to notice . They sat in silence , slumped in their chairs , staring at the coffin or at their walk- ing sticks or any object just in front of them , and never took their eyes off it . And still the woman ...
... stop . The others didn't seem to notice . They sat in silence , slumped in their chairs , staring at the coffin or at their walk- ing sticks or any object just in front of them , and never took their eyes off it . And still the woman ...
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... why they had started out so early and were hurry- ing to the streetcar stop , laughing and talking at the top of their voices . After they had passed , the street gradually emp- tied . By this time all the matinees must have 26.
... why they had started out so early and were hurry- ing to the streetcar stop , laughing and talking at the top of their voices . After they had passed , the street gradually emp- tied . By this time all the matinees must have 26.
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... stop he glanced back over his shoulder and said the Arabs weren't following . I , too , looked back . They were exactly as before , gazing in the same vague way at the spot where we had been . When we were in the bus , Raymond , who now ...
... stop he glanced back over his shoulder and said the Arabs weren't following . I , too , looked back . They were exactly as before , gazing in the same vague way at the spot where we had been . When we were in the bus , Raymond , who now ...
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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