Aspects of the Novel

Here we must conclude our comparison of those two allied species, Homo Sapiens and Homo Fictus. Homo Fictus is more elusive than his

Their clothes will not take off, the diseases that ravage them are anonymous, like the sources of their income, their servants are noiseless or resemble themselves, no social explanation of the world we know is possible for them, for there are no stupid people in their world, no barriers of language, and no poor.

Let us distinguish between the prophet and the non-prophet.

tables and chairs

So fantasy asks us to pay something extra.
Let us now distinguish between fantasy and prophecy.

a mystery is a pocket in time,

Characters must not brood too long, they must not waste time running up and down ladders in their own insides, they must contribute, or higher interests will be jeopardised.”

she cannot be here because she belongs to a world where the secret life is visible,

food is a link between the known and the forgotten; closely connected with birth, which none of us remembers, and coming down to this morning’s breakfast.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death. One could increase the number—add breathing for instance—but these five are the most obvious.