This is an essay written by French author Michel Tournier, recording not only the journey and the events that occurred during his travels, but also the big and small events of daily life, the weather, the changing appearance of the garden with the seasons, guests visiting the house, the cruel blows of fate, and the pleasant shocks.
Although it can be called a 'diary' in that it is a record of daily life that was written consistently and intermittently, it is closer to an external record reconstructed from discoveries, observations, and anecdotes, so it was published under the name of 'External Diary'.
In that sense, this book can be said to be similar to the 'account book' that simple country nobles of the past used to record things like harvests, births of children, marriages, portraits, and sudden changes in the weather.

implosion, imploser.
A word that is being used more and more frequently.
Just think of a whirlwind.
A tornado is a very limited localized low-pressure phenomenon, caught in the swirling motion around the eye of a typhoon, so that the wind cannot fill the low-pressure area.
This is a violent image.
Instead of simply satisfying his desires, such a person remains in a state of dissatisfaction, and thus becomes a motor of movement that violently sweeps around him and himself.

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