Geometric Regional Novel

Above the entrance doors of these establishments the following proverb could often still be read:
FOR THE MOST PART ONE GOES MUCH MORE WITH THE TIMES
BY GOING AGAINST THE TIMES
IN RECENT TIMES IT HAS
BECOME COMMON PRACTICE
TO GO AGAINST THE TIMES
SO THAT IN THE END THE GOING-AGAINST-THE-TIMES
HAS AGAIN BECOME A GOING-WITH-THE-TIMES
THAT IS WHY RECENTLY SOME ARE GOING WITH THE TIMES
IN THE ORIGINAL SENSE OF THE IDEA
ONLY TO ACTUALLY GO AGAINST THE TIMES
IN THEIR VERY OWN WAY
AND THEREBY ABOVE ALL
IN THE END TO GO MORE EASILY GO WITH THE TIMES AGAIN.


Geometric Regional Novel, Gert Jonke
1969