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1 author picked Rhinoceros as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Eugene Ionesco is an absurd theater playwright. Absurd plays tell us things without overtly telling us things.
Rhinoceros depicts the way that Nazism went from something as shocking as a rhinoceros running around Europe, to a thing that everyone takes as a fait accompli. Only one character, who is no great shakes himself, alternately self-loathing and confused, wanting to do right, but not knowing how to, avoids becoming one of them.
It's a simple skillful play, depicting a chilling problem. It is perfect for MAGA-ism in America: book banning, election-stealing, vaccine distrust, and the like, because it shows how easily…
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