I HAD TO SOLVE THE OLD PROBLEM BEFORE I LEFT: IF YOU WERE ISOLATED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, WHAT BOOKS WOULD YOU TAKE WITH YOU? IN TERMS OF GENRES, I HAD BROUGHT A MOLIèRE AND A COMPLETE RABELAIS, A CERVANTES, A NIETZSCHE AND THE AESCHYLUS THEATRE IN BILINGUAL. SPINOZA, EXCERPTS FROM MONTAIGNE, AND AS MUSICAL SCORES, THE TWO BACH PASSIONS AND THE BEETHOVEN QUARTETS.