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The narrator is a cold-hearted, ruthless, and despicable human being. Am I seriously expected to sympathize with him or am I misunderstanding the author?

Jubelnd schwoll sie jetzt an: Alle Menschen werden Brüder, wo Dein sanfter Flügel weilt, wie in jener Nacht, als ich den Glauben an Menschen verlor, die logen, wenn sie von Grundsätzen sprachen und sich dabei auf Texte beriefen, deren tiefer Sinn ihnen verlorengegangen war. - Kapitel IX

I wish this book were available from the same translator as 'Pedro Páramo'. Dagmar Ploetz' new translation of that book, and probably the original of this one as well, was so much more mesmerizing.

Haha, the irony of judgemental little Ms Snowe, who sees nothing but faults with anyone and everything non-English being upset about M. Paul Emanuel's roasting of the English woman. For one brief moment, I liked the little guy. These two deserve each other.

I started talking to the characters in this book. Don't do it, Philip!! This is painful to read...