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The Hermit

Eugéne Ionesco Original title Le Solitaire (French, 1973)

The Hermit is 1973 novel and is the only novel of Romanian-French absurdist playwright Eugène Ionesco.Summary


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“Perhaps there will be a morning of grace for humanity. Perhaps there will be a morning of grace for me.”

The Hermit (1973)
Context: I thought that it was strange to assume that it was abnormal for anyone to be forever asking questions about the nature of the universe, about what the human condition really was, my condition, what I was doing here, if there was really something to do. It seemed to me on the contrary that it was abnormal for people not to think about it, for them to allow themselves to live, as it were, unconsciously. Perhaps it's because everyone, all the others, are convinced in some unformulated, irrational way that one day everything will be made clear. Perhaps there will be a morning of grace for humanity. Perhaps there will be a morning of grace for me.

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