Resexualization of human relations/Michel Houellebecq
After a few weeks, it became obvious that the campaign was a real success: the prophet’s fiancées’ tour was a triumph, and, in their cells, the followers strove to reproduce the erotic configurations thrown down on paper by Vincent; they took real pleasure in it, to such a point that, in most countries, the frequency […]
What you hate them for/ Ann Tyler
His great-aunt had disapproved of Mercy. She hadn’t actually said so; she’d merely spoken against marriage in general. “I just want to warn you,” she’d said, “that the quality you marry a person for will end up being what you hate them for, most often.” Robin knew she was referring to Mercy’s “high-class manner,” as […]
