Kobo Abe. The man-drawer (№ 331583)

I have long been poisoned by the news. You know? I felt an irresistible anxiety, if you are constantly, without end has not stocked the latest news. Changes all the time, the military situation on the fronts, no end and diverge marry movie stars and singers... Flying a rocket to Mars, it ceases to show signs of life fishing vessel, sent her last SOS... Arrested the chief of the fire brigade, suffering from Pyromania, the cargo of bananas find poisonous snakes, shoot official of the Ministry of trade and industry, raping a three year old girl, and at this time, achieves a brilliant success or fails the international... Established the society for sterile rats at the construction site of a supermarket discover walled up in the concrete child, was a record number of defections from all armies in the world... well, the world is like a boiling pot. And is only distracted for a moment, as it turns out, what has changed even the shape of the globe. ...And I knew perfectly well that, no matter how much I tried to get the news out even close to it it is impossible. And, knowing this, was powerless to change his habits. Perhaps I didn't need the truth, not understanding what is happening, but only form - enclosed in a standard phrase news. In General, I was poisoned by the news.