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 32
... hair and its body is cov- ered with brown scabs . Perhaps through living in one small room , cooped up with his dog , Salamano has come to resemble it . His towy hair has gone very thin , and he has reddish blotches on his face . And ...
... hair and its body is cov- ered with brown scabs . Perhaps through living in one small room , cooped up with his dog , Salamano has come to resemble it . His towy hair has gone very thin , and he has reddish blotches on his face . And ...
Page 78
... hair , and he gave me the impres- sion of being highly intelligent and , on the whole , likable enough . There was only one thing that put one off : his mouth had now and then a rather ugly twist ; but it seemed to be only a sort of ...
... hair , and he gave me the impres- sion of being highly intelligent and , on the whole , likable enough . There was only one thing that put one off : his mouth had now and then a rather ugly twist ; but it seemed to be only a sort of ...
Page 84
... hair , half rising , then sitting down again . Finally , plant- ing his elbows on the desk , he bent toward me with a queer expression . " But why , why did you go on firing at a pros- trate man ? " Again I found nothing to reply . The ...
... hair , half rising , then sitting down again . Finally , plant- ing his elbows on the desk , he bent toward me with a queer expression . " But why , why did you go on firing at a pros- trate man ? " Again I found nothing to reply . The ...
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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 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 once Pérez police policeman prison Prosecutor queer question Raymond replied round Salamano sand seemed shouted silence smile smoking sort sound Stanford University 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