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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... whom he'd spoken about me- invited me to spend next Sunday at his little sea- side bungalow just outside Algiers . I told him I'd have been delighted ; only I had promised to spend Sunday with a girl . Raymond promptly replied that she 1 ...
... whom he'd spoken about me- invited me to spend next Sunday at his little sea- side bungalow just outside Algiers . I told him I'd have been delighted ; only I had promised to spend Sunday with a girl . Raymond promptly replied that she 1 ...
Page 63
... bungalow , and he said he always spent his week ends and holidays here . " With the missus , needless to say , ' he added . I glanced at her , and noticed that she and Marie seemed to be getting on well together ; laughing and ...
... bungalow , and he said he always spent his week ends and holidays here . " With the missus , needless to say , ' he added . I glanced at her , and noticed that she and Marie seemed to be getting on well together ; laughing and ...
Page 69
... bungalow . Once we were there he told us the wounds weren't so very deep and he could walk to where the doctor was . Marie had gone quite pale , and Mme Masson was in tears . Masson and Raymond went off to the doctor's while I was left ...
... bungalow . Once we were there he told us the wounds weren't so very deep and he could walk to where the doctor was . Marie had gone quite pale , and Mme Masson was in tears . Masson and Raymond went off to the doctor's while I was left ...
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