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 77
... lawyer to defend me . I answered , " No , " I hadn't thought about it , and asked him if it was really necessary for me to have one . " Why do you ask that ? " he said . I replied that I regarded my case as very simple . He smiled ...
... lawyer to defend me . I answered , " No , " I hadn't thought about it , and asked him if it was really necessary for me to have one . " Why do you ask that ? " he said . I replied that I regarded my case as very simple . He smiled ...
Page 88
... lawyer , the magistrate closed the interview . My case was " taking its course , " as he put it . Sometimes , too , the conversa- tion was of a general order , and the magistrate and lawyer encouraged me to join in it . I began to ...
... lawyer , the magistrate closed the interview . My case was " taking its course , " as he put it . Sometimes , too , the conversa- tion was of a general order , and the magistrate and lawyer encouraged me to join in it . I began to ...
Page 133
Albert Camus. The court rose , and the lawyer sat down , looking thoroughly exhausted . Some of his colleagues came to him and shook his hand . " You put up a magnifi- cent show , old man , " I heard one of them say . Another lawyer even ...
Albert Camus. The court rose , and the lawyer sat down , looking thoroughly exhausted . Some of his colleagues came to him and shook his hand . " You put up a magnifi- cent show , old man , " I heard one of them say . Another lawyer even ...
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