flaubert has a bad franco-prussian war. the prussians occupied his house and sent him off to run errands. he has to send his niece abroad to england. sadly horsemouth does not have the diaries from this period - otherwise he could tell you more.
but he is, edmond de goncourt finds, not distracted by events, when they meet up after the war (saturday 10th june 1971) and the commune.
'dined this evening with flaubert, whom I had not seen since the death of my brother. he has come to paris to find some information on his ' tentation de saint antoine' . he is still the same, a writer above all else. the cataclysm seems to have passed over him without distracting him for one moment from the impassive making of books.'
the next significant date is the 28th.
horsemouth has been jabbed. the top of his arm is sore. he retired to bed early and watched lone wolf and cub. he had the shivers at one point (this is probably evidence the vaccine is doing something that and the sore throat and headache). it is a beautiful bright morning. he walked up into walthamstow using the route through the industrial estate. he has today off (and then works friday).
'of course, whether governments will be able to devise and apply the more demanding targeted measures needed to keep the virus in check and live with it in a complex urban society remains to be seen; right now, under the spell of brussels, they can’t even organize a vaccination campaign.
otherwise the news is bad...'
wolfgang streeck continues to beat the EU with the stick of covid. it's not a pretty sight
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