It wasn't a file on a screen. It was a small, obsidian cube that pulsed with a faint, red light. The figure had called it the Personal Damnation File . To leave, Arthur had to "read" it. But the cube
His task was Sisyphean: He had to sort the memories of his life into the correct folders. But the system was designed by a madman. The folder for "Joy" rejected his wedding day because it contained a trace of anxiety about the cost of the caterer. The folder for "Regret" tried to claim his daughter's graduation because he was sad she was leaving home.
: The library is so vast that almost every book contains only gibberish. The probability of finding his life story is so low that "billions of years" are treated as a mere fraction of the time required. Key Themes A Short Stay in Hell - Goodreads