num_pages: 145
description: Inni knew that life was chaotic. He knew that there were two ways to live it. As he did, with indolence and lethargy, a dilettante drifting along. Or as Arnold and Philip did, each in his different way creating a personal system of ritual and control to keep the emptiness of the universe at bay.
language: English
title: Rituals
titlecomplete: Rituals
genres: 20th Century, Novella, Literature, Novels, School, Religion, Classics, Fiction, Dutch Literature, Contemporary
ratings_count: 2616
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Pegasus Prize for Literature, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: F. Bordewijkprijs
publisher: Penguin Books