Albert Camus

Feb 28, 2025 | boredpanda.com | Holly Black |Jonathan Stroud |Albert Camus |Zeppa Zariel

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Dec 4, 2024 | theatlantic.com | Albert Camus

THE schoolmaster was watching the two men climb toward him. One was on horseback, the other on foot. They had not yet tackled the abrupt rise leading to the schoolhouse built on the hillside. They were toiling onward, making slow progress in the snow, among the stones, on the vast expanse of the high, deserted plateau. From time to time the horse stumbled. He could not be heard yet but the breath issuing from his nostrils could be seen.

Dec 2, 2024 | fabula.org | Albert Camus

Le 3 janvier 1960, quittant le Luberon, pour ne plus y revenir — il allait trouver la mort sur la route de Paris —, Albert Camus laissait à Lourmarin le plan d’un recueil d’écrits politiques et intellectuels. Un « Actuelles IV » qui devait succéder aux trois premiers déjà publiés. Et qui ne vit jamais le jour.

Nov 24, 2024 | fabula.org | Albert Camus

Le 3 janvier 1960, quittant le Luberon, pour ne plus y revenir — il allait trouver la mort sur la route de Paris —, Albert Camus laissait à Lourmarin le plan d’un recueil d’écrits politiques et intellectuels. Un « Actuelles IV » qui devait succéder aux trois premiers déjà publiés. Et qui ne vit jamais le jour.

Oct 24, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Pico Iyer |Albert Camus

Essential reading for anyone interested in the monastic tradition and those who follow it. The noted traveler, journalist, and author turns to an unexpected subject: the monastic life of contemplation and meditation. Iyer takes his title from the great fires that have lately ravaged California, where he has long retreated to a monastery run by Camaldolese monks, “the most contemplative congregation of Benedictines.” Contemplative the inhabitants may be, but they are very much people of the world.