The Norm (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Independently Published, 2026
- Softcover
- New

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Paperback. What if language could erase you quietly? Emile begins writing without knowing why.Fragments appear on his screen during the night - sentences he does not remember typing, descriptions of events that have not yet happened. At first, he believes exhaustion is distorting his memory.But the text keeps expanding. The manuscript seems to anticipate reality.Conversations shift. Memories fracture.People around him begin to speak with the same neutral precision, as if an invisible structure were rewriting them from within. As Emile investigates the origin of the document, he discovers that the real danger is not death, violence, or madness. It is compliance. THE NORM is a psychological and speculative novel where identity slowly dissolves inside a system that no longer needs individuals - only perfectly stable versions of them. Some disappear.Others adapt. And some become indistinguishable from the process itself. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- The Norm (Paperback)
- Author
- Marie-Leandre Verdol
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798198003965
Émile begins writing without knowing why.
Fragments appear on his screen during the night — sentences he does not remember typing, descriptions of events that have not yet happened.
At first, he believes exhaustion is distorting his memory.
But the text keeps expanding.
The manuscript seems to anticipate reality.
Conversations shift. Memories fracture.
People around him begin to speak with the same neutral precision, as if an invisible structure were rewriting them from within.
As Émile investigates the origin of the document, he discovers that the real danger is not death, violence, or madness.
It is compliance.
THE NORM is a psychological and speculative novel where identity slowly dissolves inside a system that no longer needs individuals — only perfectly stable versions of them.
Some disappear.
Others adapt.
And some become indistinguishable from the process itself.
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Grand Eagle Retail
Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since October 12, 2005
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