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 34
... sure : he isn't popular in our street . Still , he often has a word for me , and drops in sometimes for a short talk in my room , because I listen to him . As a matter of fact , I find what he says quite interest- ing . So , really I've ...
... sure : he isn't popular in our street . Still , he often has a word for me , and drops in sometimes for a short talk in my room , because I listen to him . As a matter of fact , I find what he says quite interest- ing . So , really I've ...
Page 146
... sure about what interested me , I was absolutely sure about what didn't interest me . And the question he had raised didn't interest me at all . He looked away and , without altering his pos- ture , asked if it was because I felt ...
... sure about what interested me , I was absolutely sure about what didn't interest me . And the question he had raised didn't interest me at all . He looked away and , without altering his pos- ture , asked if it was because I felt ...
Page 151
... sure of myself , sure about everything , far surer than he ; sure of my present life and of the death that was coming . That , no doubt , was all I had ; but at least that certainty was something I could get my teeth into - just as it ...
... sure of myself , sure about everything , far surer than he ; sure of my present life and of the death that was coming . That , no doubt , was all I had ; but at least that certainty was something I could get my teeth into - just as it ...
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