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...Stanley Hoffmann: As for books, there were, on the philosophical side, the writings of Kant, and on the literary side, the great novel by Roger Martin du Gard, “Les Thibault” (about Europe and the First World War), and the plays and novels of Albert Camus, especially “The Plague.” Also, later, Orwell’s “Animal Farm” and “1984” and Arthur Koestler’s “Darkness at Noon,” and Ionesco?...
...SOUND HOPEFUL, BUT I KNOW YOU LOVE TO READ AND TEACH ALBERT CAMUS. WHY? MANY PEOPLE SEE HIM AS A DEPRESSING WRITER. To the contrary, I think he is hopeful. If you read The Plague, there is a doctor who does everything he can to save. In the midst of death, there is a human being who sacrifices his days and nights--and maybe risks his life--to save people he'd never met. Camus said, "Where there is no hope, one must invent hope." It is only pessimistic if you stop with the first half of the sentence...
DIED. JOHN FOWLES, 79, British author of such popular, critically acclaimed novels as The Collector, The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman; in Lyme Regis, England. Swayed by Sartre and Camus, Fowles explored existential themes of obsession, uncertainty and free will, stretching the limits of literary form (he was a fan of multiple endings) and dreaming scenes into existence (Woman, the Victorian love saga that became a hit film starring Meryl Streep, started with his recurring dream of a woman on a pier). Uneasy with his commercial success, he lived largely as a recluse, once saying he could never...
...really enjoyed my interviewer,” he said enthusiastically. “We talked about Camus...
...true: a number of European countries have changed their positions - they've pulled their troops out of Iraq. As the old gangster movie adage goes, "You run this town only because people think you run this town." Now when President Bush comes calling offering quotes from French existentialists - ?Albert Camus said that freedom is a long distance race,? the president said Monday - sweet talk about the environment and promises to make the Israeli-Palestinian peace process a top priority, the Europeans know the reason is that Washington has been humbled by events. Indeed, it may be a measure...