>be me>read a French Nouveau Roman>pic rel Un An by Jean Echenoz>in the beginning a woman wakes up next to her dead lover>so she flees Paris for a year and slowly becomes more destitute as her money runs out>once she's tired of being a hobo she returns to Paris after a year like nothing happened>in the final paragraph she meets her dead lover in a bar who basically says "long time no see, eh?">I can't understand the significance of this and what the deeper meaning is supposed to be>did she imagine it?>was she crazy?>was it another body/doppleganger?>what's it all supposed to be a metaphor for?>ponder this for a year>finally read the "sister" novel to this book>it turns out the guy didn't die>he just has a heart condition and he was in a mini-coma that made him appear deadHOLY FUCK WHY ARE THE FRENCH SUCH HACKS?
