Tolstoy once quoted an Eastern parable, which he felt summed up the three responses to the utter absurdity of life in light of the certainty of death.

托尔斯泰曾经引述过一则东方的寓言，他认为，它总括了在面对必死无疑的局面时人们对生命中的荒谬性的三种反应。

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Harmed by the early death of his father, he orbits the ordinary centres of life and risks flying off into utter loneliness.

ECONOMIST: German fiction