Borrowed 7/30/21, returned 8/21
Contents loc. 161
Beginning p. 1
Since Faber is Dutch-born, who does the Dutch translations of his novels?
Chapter titles from the last line of the chapter.
Letters in a different font.
USIC is not in x-ray for some reason. Discussion pp. 33 ff.,
Why do they use the KJV of the Bible? Discussion p. 291
Lessons:
1. Don’t separate from a spouse for long periods of time.
2. Don’t try to have serious conversations (where back-and-forth is required and nuance and affect are parts of it) by e-mail.
3.
Genre mash-up:
Scj-fi
Cli-fi
Horror
Suspense
Romance
Love story of a married couple (very rare in the romance genre, whether medieval or contemporary)
Travel / explorer report a la Marco Polo and Jan Huygen
Fantasy / magical realism
Religio-philosophical exploration
Theology v. ethics
Corporate skulduggery thriller
Notes:
Simile
Bible
Egoism
Prick
Why not ask? Why not tell?
Mental illness
A thoughtful narrator who is unreliable about his own motivations, which he thinks are pure altruism for evangelism but in fact are selfish and ego-centric, leaving his wife to face (what turns out to be) the end of the world alone. Though no longer drinking, his alcoholism is in fact untreated.
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