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 74
... hands behind his head , his face shaded by the rock while the sun beat on the rest of his body . One could see his ... hand from his pocket . I was some distance off , at least ten yards , and most of the time I saw him as a blurred ...
... hands behind his head , his face shaded by the rock while the sun beat on the rest of his body . One could see his ... hand from his pocket . I was some distance off , at least ten yards , and most of the time I saw him as a blurred ...
Page 94
... hand between the bars , she gave him a small , slow wave with it . No sooner was she gone than a man , hat in hand , took her place . A prisoner was led up to the empty place beside me , and the two started a brisk ex- change of remarks ...
... hand between the bars , she gave him a small , slow wave with it . No sooner was she gone than a man , hat in hand , took her place . A prisoner was led up to the empty place beside me , and the two started a brisk ex- change of remarks ...
Page 133
... hand . " You put up a magnifi- cent show , old man , " I heard one of them say . Another lawyer even called me to witness : " Fine , wasn't it ? " I agreed , but insincerely ; I was far too tired to judge if it had been " fine " or ...
... hand . " You put up a magnifi- cent show , old man , " I heard one of them say . Another lawyer even called me to witness : " Fine , wasn't it ? " I agreed , but insincerely ; I was far too tired to judge if it had been " fine " or ...
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