![]() ![]() Ramon then tells Charles, our fourth chum, about this encounter and comes to the realization that, while he never really liked D’Ardelo, the spectre of death changes one’s sympathies toward the dying. ![]() What can this possibly mean?! “…how to define the eroticism of a man (or an era),” thinks Alain (complete with parentheses), “that sees female seductive power as centered in the middle of the body, in the navel?” Another chum, D’Ardelo, goes to the doctor, finds out that he doesn’t have cancer, and then, on a whim, decides to tell his chum Ramon that he does have cancer and hasn’t long to live. Insignificance begins with one of these chums, Alain, taking note of the apparent ubiquity of female navel exposure. The novel chronicles a few insignificant days in the lives of a group of Parisian chums, all of them male, all of them given to philosophical musings that read very much like a parody of Milan Kundera. ![]() Activate your Online Access Now Article content If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. ![]() Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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