Monthly Archives: May 2026

In May, I almost bought a flat

April saw me fail to re-enrol for a further term at the Alliance Francaise. Part of me is disappointed in myself. I don’t like to give up on things. However, it had been a year, and I think I got … Continue reading

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In den finstern Zeiten wird auch geschwommen werden: Camus’s Verfremdung and Brecht’s absurd

Since Charlotte, another C has occupied my thoughts: Camus. The book group read The Plague, or en francais, “La Peste” in April. It’s a novel of 1940-something (literally “194—”). A 1940-something set in an alt-reality without the war, but with … Continue reading

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