"La nuit des temps", René Barjavel

This is my first encounter with Barjavel's work, and I must say a standout quality of this novel is it's writting style, which flirts with poetry at times and has a lot of lyricism. It has interesting themes with a blend of politics, science, with hints of universal income, and borders with technological fix. Without spoiling, the book really keeps you on edge with a really tense turn of events, and finishes with a really frustrating and completely intentional ending. I've seen people citing this as a novel about pacifism, and while that's true, it really shows a contrast of human nature, opposing man's ability to love and it's ability (and inevitability) to wage war and suffering on the sole premise of not being part of the same nation. I can't help but to think this book is incredibly pessimistic, and slightly misanthropic, and my understanding of "La nuit des temps" title meant that humans have been killing each other in useless war since the dawn of time, and this even despite having basically eradicated hunger, illnesses and aging (the only thing killing humans, are humans themselves, how bleak...).