We are just stuck in a certain dusk, time is prohibitive, we can't see the future clearly, and we can't go back to the past. We have all learned to be silent.
In my obscure and dim youth, I met a boy who was as bright as the sun. He was enthusiastic and public. The originally quiet life became vigorous because of him.
Like the years, we don't mean what we say.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.