(noun) a container or shrine in which sacred reli…
Exile and the Kingdom
by
Albert Camus,
Justin O'Brien
May 3, 2017 - May 4, 2017
(read/essay-collections)
Camus, A. (1991). Exile and the Kingdom. Vintage International.
p.105
reliquary »
p.103
portico »
(noun) a colonnade or covered ambulatory especial…
p.103
rattan »
a type of climbing palm often used in furniture
p.91
pandanus »
(noun) screw pine - a kind of tropical tree
p.91
lianas »
(noun) any of various usually woody vines especia…
p.57
[...] She was well nigh a secular saint who saw n…
p.39
[...] they, were not sulking, that they had shut …
p.15
Garlands of stars were falling from the black sky…
1
The Adulterous Wife
a bored, unhappy French couple go on a business trip through Algeria. the adultery here is metaphorical (with the Algerian environment, I suppose)
4
/
1
1
The Adulterous Wife
a bored, unhappy French couple go on a business trip through Algeria. the adultery here is metaphorical (with the Algerian environment, I suppose)
4 / 1
17
The Renegade
or A Confused Mind
the really weird one with a Christian missionary who has lost his tongue (and, presumably, his mind) and is waiting in the desert with a rifle
2
/
0
17
The Renegade
or A Confused Mind
the really weird one with a Christian missionary who has lost his tongue (and, presumably, his mind) and is waiting in the desert with a rifle
2 / 0
31
The Mute
a strike at a wine bottle factory unites the men against their boss, but it seems like the boss is facing some troubles of his own at home (his daughter is sick) and that causes the protagonist striker to feel sorry for him
2
/
1
31
The Mute
a strike at a wine bottle factory unites the men against their boss, but it seems like the boss is facing some troubles of his own at home (his daughter is sick) and that causes the protagonist striker to feel sorry for him
2 / 1
43
The Guest
a schoolteacher is given a prisoner whom he is supposed to take to the authorities. he refuses to do so, instead treating him well and setting him free, but the prisoner ends up taking himself to the authorities anyway so lol
0
/
0
43
The Guest
a schoolteacher is given a prisoner whom he is supposed to take to the authorities. he refuses to do so, instead treating him well and setting him free, but the prisoner ends up taking himself to the authorities anyway so lol
0 / 0
56
Jonas
or The Artist at Work
a painter whose star rises stratospherically and then falls just as quickly as it rose
0
/
1
56
Jonas
or The Artist at Work
a painter whose star rises stratospherically and then falls just as quickly as it rose
0 / 1
81
The Growing Stone
a French engineer is in a small (poor) town in Brazil. there is a weird mythical stone that needs to be carried by some guy from the town, and when he fails our protagonist takes over for him and, in the process, finds some version acceptance from the locals
6
/
0
81
The Growing Stone
a French engineer is in a small (poor) town in Brazil. there is a weird mythical stone that needs to be carried by some guy from the town, and when he fails our protagonist takes over for him and, in the process, finds some version acceptance from the locals
6 / 0