10 During these Christmas and New Year's days, the media tends to fill itself with lists: the books of the year, the films of the year, the exhibitions of the year, and so on. It's as if, suddenly, when we find ourselves at the end of the year, it's time to take stock, or even somehow 'clean house,' because these lists not only highlight some things, but also silence or forget others, causing them to disappear from the assessments, however provisional they may be.

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