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Amazing!
This book is very hard to find. All I know is that I found it via amazon and it couldn't be better. And it was delivered on time in very good conditions.

Powerhouse, as mind bending as Kafka's diaries
I find I enjoy this more intimate, personally acquaintance with the mind of Eugene Ionesco better than his plays.Even his earliest memories are tightly wound with his inescapable feelings of absurdity. Like Nabokov, Ionesco found solace in his work as a refuge from the the basic meaninglessness of world events, politics, and in some ways even art itself.In one passage he renounces Rimbaud's "Illuminations", so far does he descend into the depths of skepticism.Misery has it's place here, but so does an odd, rare kind of joy. "I know what hell is now", he says in a tone of authoritativeness. A must read.

For all those who marvel at life!
A beautiful book that sparks with the wonderment of life. I am inspired by the way Ionesco combines storytelling and philosophy in such a elgeant manner. He is able to provide organization to the chaos which is the searchfor understanding.He writes honestly and from the heart with the mosthumble tone i have read in a long time.Anyone who has ever pondered thebasic questions of life and death should read this book. He will bothinspire and teach any open mind.

Human among Humans
Ionescu wrote a jouranl that make takes your breath away. There is so much human understanding, so deep and still so common questions he poses inthis book that one cannot stop admiring it. He was ald when he wrote it and all his fame and career were already behind. The 'member of the French Academy' the 'imortal' appears to the reader amazingly simple and shy with a touch of gentilness and kindness sending you rather to Reiner Maria Rilke than to the author of 'Rhinoceros'.A book that deserves to be read! ... Read more

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This book was excellent!
I was technically forced to read this book for school and found it to be quite excellent. I never imagined that a school-required book would actually be well-worth it. If any French teachers are reading this, I urgeto buy this book. I guarantee you will not be disappointed. ... Read more