I think Mr. d'Ormesson ramble in all his novels. It is repeated and will be repeated as long as he wrote. Her favorite themes are time, life, death, God and life after death, eternity of souls. It never ceases to look in each of his novels the answer to his questions (eg.? Does God exist) but still lament not being able to find a definitive and accurate response. There is also an ineffable nostalgia of passing time tirelessly, forcing him to watch over his life, about his past, about his childhood. It's his spleen aside. And then there was his overweening ego making him unsatisfied infinite, unable to reach the level of its own expectations. Ego, spleen, and drivel should be the ingredients to keep the readers. But the author juggles with words and writes with a style so nice he is able to write about everything and anything, I always try them as much fun to read his poetic prose.
