Emmanuelle Pireyre's 'Comment faire disparaître la terre' reviewed

Marc Albert Levin reviews Emmanuelle Pireyre's book 'Comment faire disparaître la terre', published by Éditions du Seuil. The title refers not to making the planet disappear but to the earth from an escape tunnel. The soliloquy, narrated by a modern thirty-something, humorously touches on topics like tunnel versus window escape, the writer Emmanuel Bove, and the Dalton brothers' circular digging. Pireyre compares her reflections to Epicurus and Epictetus, draws on labels and summaries, and associates with Nathalie Sarraute's disdain for fictional characters. The review highlights her light, poetic take on everyday clichés and her critique of Western thought.