" And while some continued their little life and adapted to confinement, for others, on the contrary, their only idea was therefore to escape from this prison." These few lines from La Peste de Camus, published in 1947, echo the period of confinement that the country is going through. The streets are empty. The packages of pasta disappear from the shelves. The President of the Republic speaks of "war" against an "invisible enemy" .
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“It feels like a bad science fiction film . " Jokes Juliette *. On the evening of Emmanuel Macron's first speech, the 25-year-old woman started a diary for the first time. “I realized that we were going through a unique moment. It was an opportunity or never . Like her, since the beginning of the health crisis, some have chosen to escape with words to live a daily life that has become strange and new.
“Since March 15, I have been writing so as not to forget anything. Neither good nor bad, ” says Roselyne, 66. Describe your life
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