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Thank you for your excessively kind words! I assure you, any golden sentence I spoke was actually just a quote from Brann's book. The Arendt episode is very good as well.

I agree, Zena's book is terrific. When you've read it, you might want to check out my review (in which I draw out some differences between LOST IN THOUGHT and Brann's PARADOXES): https://www.athwart.org/the-serious-amateur-zena-hitz-lost-in-thought-review/

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Jan 30, 2022·edited Jan 30, 2022Liked by Titus Techera, Carl Eric Scott

I recently wrote something similar on a bizarre attempt to review Houellebecq's most recent novel through the lens of newly-updated establishment 'wokeism'. https://theruins.substack.com/p/houllebecq-and-the-sovereignty-of

As Houellebecq already found success, the only way to deal with him was to try to tease out sentences that supported their own position, while leaving Houellebecq in the unenviable position of acting as sad chronicler of his own society's demise, rightfully depressed at its inevitable yet rightful end.

It remains to be seen if a 'new Houellebecq' will be published, let alone find his works furnishing bookshop windows and bestsellers lists.

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