The Stranger The arts

The Stranger The artsThrough 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 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward.

the lords of Cuckooland are seizing control of the truth

was an expert Borrower

and it’s becoming harder and harder to be the only one with a heart

upon whose silence he can rely

Now the past has crashed the party

a shabby Turkish tycoon

'I LOVED this book

victory feels far from reach

CBT and positive psychology

But he wouldn’t give her the time of day if he knew they were connected by an ugly past

And when she meets Bear

freezing men when the blizzard snow melted