Lanzmann did, espacially with the white whale. I specifically chose those authors because they each bring something different. Pennac brings a fresh point of v

Lanzmann did, espacially with the white whale. I specifically chose those authors because they each bring something different. Pennac brings a fresh point of view on morality, hapiness, character motivations, etc. Flaubert characters are monodimensional while pretending they are complex. And nothomb has a different take on madness, absurd and finding life in it. Flaubert states what now we know is obvious, because we have read it ten times. Flaubert tries to sell you something in the disguise of a story. I find it unsatisfying now that we have all those new flavors and textures in abundance. We are drowning in talent and creativity, beauty and emotion. Our generation is blessed with so much good fresh cake I don't see the point of the dry one. But to be honest, the only argument I need is that if you take a 100 kids and make them read all of them, 98 will not finish Flaubert if they have a choice, but they might finish one if the other books. That's not because Flaubert is too hard to get into.