Babylon
Yasmina Reza

Babylon by Yasmina Reza

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book needs patience but totally deserves it. Reminds me of Veronique Bizot. The absurdity of concepts we're supposed not to think about so that we can be reassured by them & pretend we're not living in a totally absurd crisis.

A favorite bit: "'All under control' has the virtue of closing the chapter that's barely opened. The line says nothing about reality, nor even about the speaker's state of mind. It's a rather practical kind of existential readiness - a standing to attention. And funny too."



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