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"until a few days ago he was happy and tranquil, and he could be again, if only this monster would vanish from sight, move out of his confused thoughts, cease to exist. But no. That girl is always there. He will not touch her nor will she touch him; even so, and without the slightest contact, she foreshadows certain destruction for him, because his having met her will break him into pieces and crush him into dust."

I've read a few Nobel Prize for Literature winners now, and so far this novel might be the first one from a laurate, where I've thought, "yeah, I get it."