About the book
(It is not the end...there is another life)
This book aims to make the employee aware of the stages of life that he will inevitably go through and the extent of the changes that may occur from one stage to another. Talking about the stage that precedes the retirement stage, the spotlight also focuses on the stage in which his professional life ends, meaning (the retirement stage) and what comes after it, which is considered one of the most important stages because it is the last and there is no other stage.
The book also contains within it the most important problems and difficulties that an employee may face in his work and how to deal with them without fanaticism and impulsiveness.
The topic of retirement is discussed transparently and clearly to show the reader what it is and what changes may occur to the retiree in various aspects (material - social - psychological...). What is the correct way to cope with the decision to retire?
Using diminutive names, such as: “Soso” or “Koba,” Arrabal addresses the leader Joseph Stalin through a long, sarcastic and indignant message, dropping from him the qualities of greatness and deification, so that he returns to a child who deserves rebuke.
Employing his huge and diverse intellectual reserve, Arrabal delves into the details of Stalin’s life, starting from his famous mustache, passing through the women in his life, the spies and henchmen who worked for him, and the poets who immortalized him in weak verses, all the way to his victims, who were many, inside and outside the Soviet Union, and with Therefore, Arrabal does not reveal the sources of his information, nor does he differentiate between facts and fabricated details. He does not seek to present a truly historical document as much as he is interested in formulating a dialectical and moral argument.
Unlike his letter to General Franco, which he sent to the latter while he was alive, writing to a dead dictator may seem like an absurd and useless act, but Arrabal is in fact directing his letter to the living who lived with Stalin, or were influenced by him later, and he is trying in his letter, which seems Closer to a plea in a court; To say: History is unforgettable and cannot be erased.
