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 84
... tone : " I ask you ' Why ? ' I insist on your telling me . " I still kept silent . Suddenly he rose , walked to a file cabinet stand- ing against the opposite wall , pulled a drawer open , and took from it a silver crucifix , which he ...
... tone : " I ask you ' Why ? ' I insist on your telling me . " I still kept silent . Suddenly he rose , walked to a file cabinet stand- ing against the opposite wall , pulled a drawer open , and took from it a silver crucifix , which he ...
Page 87
... tone . " All the criminals who have come before me until now wept when they saw this symbol of our Lord's sufferings . " I was on the point of replying that was precisely because they were criminals . But then I realized that I , too ...
... tone . " All the criminals who have come before me until now wept when they saw this symbol of our Lord's sufferings . " I was on the point of replying that was precisely because they were criminals . But then I realized that I , too ...
Page 88
... tone of the examinations changed as time went on . The magistrate seemed to have lost interest in me , and to have come to some sort of decision about my case . He never mentioned God again or displayed any of the religious fervor I had ...
... tone of the examinations changed as time went on . The magistrate seemed to have lost interest in me , and to have come to some sort of decision about my case . He never mentioned God again or displayed any of the religious fervor I had ...
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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