Brilliant, But Hard to Read

I got halfway through this book. Then, I skipped through it to the end. I'm not sure whether the translation does it any favors. It's beautiful in a way, and the concept is clever. It poses the question: If individuals feel most comfortable in a certain era, communities, and even most people in some countries, may feel the same way. It's dramatic in places, slow in most. Intriguing at first, it lost me by the halfway point. Still, I was curious enough to skip through to the rather sad but profound ending,