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From a variety of masterfully rendered perspectives, these six stories depict people at painful odds with the world around them. A wife can only surrender to a desert night by betraying her husband. An artist struggles to honor his own aspirations as well as society's expectations of him. A... read more
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First Sentence edit
A house ply had been circling for the last few minutes in the bus, though the windows were closed.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Penguin Modern Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
First Edition edit
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Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
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Publication Date: 1957
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Page Count: 213
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
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Publication Date: 1957
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Page Count: 213
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- Dewey: 843.914
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- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( C ) › Camus, Albert
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › French
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Short Stories
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