Loving Sabotage

• 22 May 2008 at 23:25
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A few years ago, I read Amélie Nothomb's Loving Sabotage.

I don't remember the story very well but the ending hit me quite a lot. The little Amélie is in love with a classmate whose I have forgotten the name, let's call her Mélusine. The latter doesn't have much interest in her, but when she realises her power on the former, she asks Amélie to do something completely ridiculous: I think she asks her to imitate a horse in the playground. Amélie knows that, by doing that, she is going to humiliate herself in front of all of her classmates. But she wants to please Mélusine so much that she does it.

The thing is that, in reality, the winner is Amélie. Mélusine thought that Amélie was dumb enough to humiliate herself because she expected her affection. No. Amélie already knew that Mélusine didn't give a shit about her. She just desired to please her.

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