Now you can listen to me read the first chapter of The Fault in Our Stars without ever leaving the comforts of
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At around 1:26 John talks about could-have-been titles for his books, and one of them just so happens to be An Imperial Affliction.
As the tide washed in, the Dutch tulip man faced the ocean.
“Conjoiner, rejoinder, poisoner, concealer, revelator. Look at it,” he said. “Rising up and rising down, taking everything with it.”
“What’s that?” Anna asked.
“Water,” the Dutchman said. “Well. And time.
Peter Van Houten, ‘An Imperial Affliction’
