"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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