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“How would it be after the last sentence? The last sentence he had always feared and from the middle of a book, he had always been tormented by the thought that there would inevitably be a last sentence.”

Quote by Pascal Mercier

Book:Night Train to Lisbon
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Night Train to Lisbon

This book follows the journey of a middle-aged man who travels to Lisbon in search of personal and historical truths, intertwining his own life story with the past. more

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Pascal Mercier
Pascal Mercier

Pascal Mercier is a French writer born on June 23, 1944. His works are known for their profound philosophical thinking and unique narrative style. more

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“Вот что мне нравится в чтении: одна-единственная деталька в повествовании заставляет взяться за другую книгу, а крохотная деталька в ней — за третью… Бесконечная геометрическая прогрессия, рожденная погоней за удовольствием.”

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Author:Мэри Энн Шеффер & Энни Бэрроуз
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“In the first place I spent most of my time at home, reading. I tried to stifle all that was continually seething within me by means of external impressions. And the only external means I had was reading. Reading, of course, was a great help--exciting me, giving me pleasure and pain. But at times it bored me fearfully. One longed for movement in spite of everything, and I plunged all at once into dark, underground, loathsome vice of the pettiest kind. My wretched passions were acute, smarting, from my continual, sickly irritability I had hysterical impulses, with tears and convulsions. I had no resource except reading, that is, there was nothing in my surroundings which I could respect and which attracted me. I was overwhelmed with depression, too; I had an hysterical craving for incongruity and for contrast, and so I took to vice. I have not said all this to justify myself .... But, no! I am lying. I did want to justify myself. I make that little observation for my own benefit, gentlemen. I don't want to lie. I vowed to myself I would not.”

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Book:Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
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