JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. CAMUS, THE STRANGER AND SOLITAIRE IN PRAHA
Sunday, Elul 3, 5780. August 23, 2020. Shalom! World. Albert Camus offers us an opportunity to think about the power over L'Europe Centrale and the La Lumiere Mediterranéenne: Praha / Venice, inside the autobiographical essay "The Death in the Soul". Accompanied by his first wife, Simone Hié, and his friend Yves Bourgeous, Camus had come to Central Europe with the intention of kayaking through the lakes of southern Bohemian. But the vacation went sour when Camus discovered that Simone had been having an affair back home in Algeria. In Salzburg the couple had a terrible row that led to the end of their marriage. In the midst of this personal crisis Camus left and spent four days during the year 1936. There were few lonely days in Praha. In Praha Camus seeks to lose and find himself. Camus was a stranger who comes to Praha and undersgoes an epiphany of self-discovery. He arrives late in the day, 6 p.m. and is anxious to find a place to stay. Like Apolinaire's narr...