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Can I read Reticence on EtoBox?

Reticence by Jean-Philippe Toussaint is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Reticence about?

"A little thing happened to me. Which could have just as easily happened to you. You re on vacation in a hotel with your son in a small village and you re about to go see some friends, but something holds you back, a mysterious reticence that prevents you from going to find them. Here is the novel of this reticence, small and specific, and of the fears that it instigates, little by little. Because not only are your friends not there when you do decide to go find them, but, several days later, you find a dead cat in the harbor, a black cat floating in front of you on the water. ." In Jean-Philippe Toussaint 's take on the detective novel, we find a man on vacation in a tiny village, where a writer named Biaggi appears to be keeping him under surveillance. To what end? Ah, but it 's far more pleasant to enjoy the Mediterranean night air than to look for answers, make deductions, or get upset isn't it?

Who reads Reticence?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Jean-Philippe Toussaint
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Published
2012
Language
EN
Category
science
Subjects
Fantasy, Fiction
Rating
3.61 / 5 (121 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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