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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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Disgorging suspended cargo

Perhaps it begins rightly on a frozen Tuesday morning. Bikeless, following the previous day’s abandonment to nature of my, on balance, trusty-enough hot pink-saddled steed in central Hamburg after failing to sell it to anybody, I board my usual number … Continue reading

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