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
... I've no reason for freezing him off . His name is Sintès ; Raymond Sintès . He's short and thick - set , has a nose like a boxer's , and always dresses very sprucely . He , too , once said to me , referring to Salamano , that it was " a ...
... I've no reason for freezing him off . His name is Sintès ; Raymond Sintès . He's short and thick - set , has a nose like a boxer's , and always dresses very sprucely . He , too , once said to me , referring to Salamano , that it was " a ...
Page 89
Albert Camus. II THERE are some things of which I've never cared to talk . And , a few days after I'd been sent to prison , I decided that this phase of my life was one of them . However , as time went by , I came to feel that this ...
Albert Camus. II THERE are some things of which I've never cared to talk . And , a few days after I'd been sent to prison , I decided that this phase of my life was one of them . However , as time went by , I came to feel that this ...
Page 95
... I've never liked to talk about began . Not that they were particularly terrible ; I've no wish to exaggerate and I suffered less than others . Still , there was one thing in those early days that was really irksome : my habit of ...
... I've never liked to talk about began . Not that they were particularly terrible ; I've no wish to exaggerate and I suffered less than others . Still , there was one thing in those early days that was really irksome : my habit of ...
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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