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tahar ben jalloun
Yet, I consulted therapists; I
was in analysis for five years.
I even read Freud and Lacan.
Nothing alarming. I was a
satisfied man. I didn’t know
of any problems tied to my
sexuality. I am a normal guy,
simple and direct, who is
prone to humor and laughter.
Without that, love is sad. Love
becomes something stubborn
or simply conventional. For a
long time, I played a romantic.
I wrote poems and drew
angels. I felt it was kind of
ridiculous, but my girlfriends
at the time loved that naiveté.