The Library
Arthur always knew that life is a book . This simple metaphor became not a consolation for him, but a guide to action. He was not merely a character, but the Author , and he treated his role with the utmost seriousness. Every day of his was a carefully calibrated page. He didn't just eat breakfast—he created the exposition for the new day. He didn't fall in love—he inscribed into the narrative a chapter about a great passion, avoiding cheap melodrama. His career was not a series of accidents, but a masterfully constructed rising action culminating in his own business. He despised plot holes —senseless quarrels, empty promises, wasted hours. His dialogues were honed, his actions motivated. He strove to write not just a good life, but a bestseller. A masterpiece that, after death, would take a worthy place on the shelves of the World Library . The thought of this library was his guiding star. He imagined endless shelves where every volume was someone's destiny. And he was ...