“Optimism and happiness are not the same thing, but they are becoming interchangeable, and it seemed to me that Voltaire's Candide gave me a way into something important happening in modern-day culture.” WayImportantCultureModernBecomingHappeningsOptimismModern DayCandide Author:Mark Ravenhill
“Voltaire's novel [Candid] offers us parallel universes, the possibility of entering into alternative worlds existing side by side, and this is something quite modern. Nested narratives and parallel universes are popular at the moment in many different art forms.” WorldArtDifferentMomentsFormUniverseSidesNovelModernPossibilityOffersAlternativesNarrativeEnteringParallelsCandidParallel Universe Author:Mark Ravenhill
