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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
** August 2021 Update**
Here's LARA edition of Huis Clos! ^_^
LARA's English version of this book (No Exit) is also out!
Enjoy listening! :)
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When I started reading "Huis Clos" (No Exit), I confess that I had no idea that the whole story was happening in Hell! I'm not spoiling anything here; because it seems that almost everyone can get it since the very first pages! Maybe it was because I was just reading Estelle's lines for another recording on LARA (Yeah BINGO I just wanted to get to this point! :D You can now read it & listen to it on LARA: here is the French version. The English version will be out soon, I suppose, and then I'll add it to this review). So... I was saying :D ... I couldn't get what's really happening just by reading Estelle's lines so I got back to the first page et voilà! I couldn't stop! It is such an amazing thoughtful pièce, not to mention that the very famous quotation is from this pièce: "L'enfer, c'est les autres!" (As it is very famous in Persian: دیگران جهنماند). I remember adding it to my WhatsApp bio, and at the same time I was thinking "But are they really?"...
In my eyes, this is a story about egotism and therefore loneliness: The urge of having privacy, though still finding life difficult without the presence of other individuals. I find every character on the very edge of a collapse, clinging to the false hope that maybe something or someone could still save them; but is there really something out there that could save us from ourselves?
If you ask me, it's not just the others who are the Hell ("L'enfer, c'est les autres!"). It's also us. We're carrying a Hell -in our heart, in our minds- most of the times and little by little it burns and consumes us from inside. And if YOU are the reason for your own Hell, and you are an egoist at the same time, there will be no escape. You'd lose your sense, calling others the source of your misery ("L'enfer, c'est les autres!") and making a real Hell for yourself and also for everyone else around...
It is possible that someday you figure out that the Hell's door was never actually locked at all! The question is, if there'd be any escape from this Hell somehow, if the door is not locked, would you be brave enough to step out?
P.S.
As always, if you're a francophone and like to record some lines like this one on LARA, you can contact Manny and he'll patiently guide you through the steps.
P.P.S.
Even if you are a native in languages other than French and like to participate, I still think you can contact Manny. LARA is doing a great job and it is now one of my favorite platforms to go to when I want to refresh some of my rusty languages. So I think it's always a good idea to add more and more contents in so many languages :)
Here's LARA edition of Huis Clos! ^_^
LARA's English version of this book (No Exit) is also out!
Enjoy listening! :)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
When I started reading "Huis Clos" (No Exit), I confess that I had no idea that the whole story was happening in Hell! I'm not spoiling anything here; because it seems that almost everyone can get it since the very first pages! Maybe it was because I was just reading Estelle's lines for another recording on LARA (Yeah BINGO I just wanted to get to this point! :D You can now read it & listen to it on LARA: here is the French version. The English version will be out soon, I suppose, and then I'll add it to this review). So... I was saying :D ... I couldn't get what's really happening just by reading Estelle's lines so I got back to the first page et voilà! I couldn't stop! It is such an amazing thoughtful pièce, not to mention that the very famous quotation is from this pièce: "L'enfer, c'est les autres!" (As it is very famous in Persian: دیگران جهنماند). I remember adding it to my WhatsApp bio, and at the same time I was thinking "But are they really?"...
In my eyes, this is a story about egotism and therefore loneliness: The urge of having privacy, though still finding life difficult without the presence of other individuals. I find every character on the very edge of a collapse, clinging to the false hope that maybe something or someone could still save them; but is there really something out there that could save us from ourselves?
If you ask me, it's not just the others who are the Hell ("L'enfer, c'est les autres!"). It's also us. We're carrying a Hell -in our heart, in our minds- most of the times and little by little it burns and consumes us from inside. And if YOU are the reason for your own Hell, and you are an egoist at the same time, there will be no escape. You'd lose your sense, calling others the source of your misery ("L'enfer, c'est les autres!") and making a real Hell for yourself and also for everyone else around...
It is possible that someday you figure out that the Hell's door was never actually locked at all! The question is, if there'd be any escape from this Hell somehow, if the door is not locked, would you be brave enough to step out?
P.S.
As always, if you're a francophone and like to record some lines like this one on LARA, you can contact Manny and he'll patiently guide you through the steps.
P.P.S.
Even if you are a native in languages other than French and like to participate, I still think you can contact Manny. LARA is doing a great job and it is now one of my favorite platforms to go to when I want to refresh some of my rusty languages. So I think it's always a good idea to add more and more contents in so many languages :)
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Sie schüchtern mich ein. Im Spiegel war mein Bild zahm. Ich kannte es so gut ... Ich lächle: Mein Lächeln dringt bis in die Tiefe ihrer Pupillen, und Gott weiß, was dann aus ihm wird.
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse
Moderate: Child death, Grief, Murder
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes