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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... thought I should let you know . " I thanked him . So far as I knew , my mother , though not a professed atheist , had never given a thought to religion in her life . I entered the mortuary . It was a bright , spotlessly clean room ...
... thought I should let you know . " I thanked him . So far as I knew , my mother , though not a professed atheist , had never given a thought to religion in her life . I entered the mortuary . It was a bright , spotlessly clean room ...
Page 96
... thought of Marie especially . I was obsessed by thoughts of this woman or that , of all the ones I'd had , all the circumstances under which I'd loved them ; so much so that the cell grew crowded with their faces , ghosts of my old pas ...
... thought of Marie especially . I was obsessed by thoughts of this woman or that , of all the ones I'd had , all the circumstances under which I'd loved them ; so much so that the cell grew crowded with their faces , ghosts of my old pas ...
Page 138
... thought of it turned his stomach . But he'd seen it through and , on coming home , was violently sick . At the time , I found my father's conduct rather disgusting . But now I understood ; it was so natural . How had I failed to ...
... thought of it turned his stomach . But he'd seen it through and , on coming home , was violently sick . At the time , I found my father's conduct rather disgusting . But now I understood ; it was so natural . How had I failed to ...
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