![]() In literature, you would have to use loads of descriptions to make the reader see and feel the fast and harrowing aging process, and it would kill the clarity and the suspense. But what's interesting here, is "Sandcastle" could only work so well as a graphic novel. Did you find yourself chipping away at the story as it developed, or were you always of the mind to keep it simple? I find some of literature's best work to be bleak."Sandcastle"is such a work. Peeters believes "Sandcastles" is an example of a story working best as a graphic novel rather than on film or television So we had to find the only frontal and implacable way to replace the first ending. Originally, Pierre Oscar had written an ending, a resolution, a final twist, but we finally decided it was useless, and would have destroyed the frightening dimension of the book. As an anecdote, it's also funny (to me at least), because the dog is called Elvis, and at one point, somebody says that Elvis' corpse is smelling.Ībout the child at the end, we mainly wanted to give a strong impression of loneliness and despair as a final touch, because in fact, the first two-thirds of the book are quite burlesque, with even some slapstick comedy. But it is important from a narrative point of view, because the dog is the first to die, and at a moment in the story when the people are still not sure of what's happening. Dogs live a shorter life than us, so if time would accelerate, they would die quickly. I only found two deaths unsettling - the dog, and the inevitable death of the child at the end. But death comes for all, and I think the reactions were realistic. ![]() I noticed the adults were angry with the situation, and the children - well, they acted like children. And I also have to say that if someone in the book had escaped or survived, we would have been obliged to give an explanation to the mystery. But this way ofseeing life and this kind of past has clearly modeled his character. He was saying this to illustrate what's happening right now with humanity destroying Earth. Those people knew they were going to face death, and they were arguing because the mother had forgotten the toothbrushes. He told me the story of members of his family that were taken away by train from France to Nazi camps. Generally, Americans are probably more full of hope. ![]() This, for instance, is a question nobody ever asked about the book in Europe. I guess that, as a European, due to the bloody history of my civilization, I have a high conscience of the tragic and grotesque dimension of human life. ![]() "Sandcastles" studies the inevitability of life and deathīecause in real life, nobody will escape his impending doom. But if you want to know if I believe that we are all going to die and that we should enjoy every small moment in life, yes, I do. Or a nice, old-fashioned episode of "The Twilight Zone." A parable, if you will, meant to provoke emotions and reflections. "Sandcastle" is more like a tale, if you want - a cruel fairy tale. I guess life is much more complex, ambiguous and full of contradictions. Is this your view of life? Or is this simply a study on mortality? Using this kind of title, or avoiding to give a logical and definitive explanation at the end, might be a way to propose a lasting experience. I need to make books I would be interested to read myself, or at least I try to make books that leave a space for people's imagination and intelligence. This is called "marketing." It's good to sell soap or sodas, not works of art. My job is not to imagine what the reader wants, or what the reader will be receptive to. I hope so! They were indeed, in afew countries. Do you think readers will be receptive to this type of existential view? Like sandcastles, our lives are dust, to be molded and made beautiful, only to be inevitably stripped away by the weather or by the sea. The title is extremely clever and fitting.
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