For the modern American reader, few lines in French literature are as famous as the opening of Albert Camus’s “L’Étranger”: “Aujourd’hui, maman est morte.” Nitty-gritty tense issues aside, the first ...
Listen to the MP3 audio version of this story here, or sign up for Slate’s free daily podcast on iTunes. On his summer vacation in Crawford, Texas, George Bush read Albert Camus’ novel The Stranger. I ...