A Bondsman
Infatuation is a hope, but love is simply a fact. And thus it is that infatuation always seems wonderful while love may seem as much a chain as a bond.
Metromadrid
The world becomes ever more homogenous day by day: now in the Port Authority, the very same four chime notes ring out to draw one’s attention to what is said over the public address loudspeaker system as in Madrid. And immediately upon hearing them, I hear the words “Metro de Madrid informa” spoken in my [...]
Houellebecq And Camus
I think the comparison of Houellebecq to Camus is unfair to Houellebecq. While it may be said fairly that Houellebecq’s characters are basically ciphers, at least they are ciphers, which makes them at the very least reflections of some living human being. Camus’s characters, such as those in The Stranger, are not even that much. [...]