Albert Camus’ The Plague: a story for our, and all, times

Edit The Guardian 05 Jan 2015
Literal and metaphorical ... Albert Camus during a visit to London. Photograph. Kurt Hutton/Getty Images. Ed Vulliamy ... And again ... the Absurd ... nature ... Something to ponder further, then - as I did as I drove on Sunday up what is now Autoroute 6 between Lyon and Paris with a little trepidation on the anniversary itself, past Villeblevin, where the Facel Vega sports car driven by Camus’ friend Michel Gallimard crashed both men to their deaths ... ....

Today in History

Edit U~T San Diego 04 Jan 2015
Today is Sunday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2015. There are 361 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History.. On Jan. 4, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered his State of the Union address in which he outlined the goals of his "Great Society." American-born British poet T.S ... On this date. ... citizens ... In 1960, author and philosopher Albert Camus (al-BEHR' kah-MOO') died in an automobile accident in Villeblevin, France, at age 46 ... ....
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