Atheism has led modern man to such extreme disorientation that rescuing the most basic notions of his human condition is a task that can no longer be completed in a few generations. The state of affairs is so calamitous that not even literature can lend itself to a realistic and integral portrayal of today’s society, otherwise it will be roundly rejected by future generations for having gone beyond the absurd, even if fictional possibilities are taken into account. This is perhaps an unprecedented situation, in which it is necessary to ignore the bulk of reality in order to make lasting literature. There are things that cannot be said at a table, and there are things that cannot be written.