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The strange man

the stranger

also: der fremde Mann, the strange man

The rank-less, almost nameless evening visitor of 'The Stranger'; the narrator tells him the tale of God's severed right hand and half-believes him to be that hand, returned to earth as a man.

Reading notes

Mentioned in 5 works (15 mentions)

Two Stories of Prague Prose · 3 mentions
Stories of God Prose · 8 mentions
The Book of Hours poem · 2 mentions
The Book of Images poem · 1 mention
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge Prose · 1 mention

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