Topic: Victor Hugo

In this image provided by the U.S. Army Signal Corps, French tricolors fly from the twin towers of the famous Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on August 31, 1944, as Parisians visit the church, which escaped serious damaged during the fighting for the liberation of the French capital. Burned-out German truck in foreground is only sign of war in the vicinity. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Signal Corps) (AP)

An architect reaches for the past

Julia Walker - The Conversation
Scene still from "Les Misérables"

David Ehrenstein - LA Review of Books