"It's sad to reach the point in life where it's easier to open a book
to page 96 and converse with the author, from cafe to grave, from boredom
to suicide, while at the surrounding tables people are talking about Algeria,
Adenauer, Mijanou Bardo, Guy Trebert, Sidney Bechet, Michel Butor, Nabokov,
Zao-Wu-Ki, Luison Bobet, and in my country the boys talk, what do the boys
talk about in my country?"
Many, many thanks to Abdellah Bouazza
once again for the wonderful reference.