desperance

Dispossession.

I told you this was coming. Now it's here. Follow that link to read the opening for free. The section's called Philoxenia: which may be translated as "love of the stranger", which is appropriate, as it opens with a man married to a woman he cannot remember; it may also be translated as "hospitality", which is outrageous, as it opens in a hospital. (I tell you these things as a temptation. In the cafe this morning, people were telling stories about co-workers complaining when they used five-dollar words. To which the only reply, apparently, is "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be condescending" - which of course drew the inevitable response, "You see? See? He did it again!")

If you don't need or want to read the opening online, you can simply buy the book, in mobi or epub format, right here.

Oh, and by the way, here's the cover, courtesy of m'friend'n'webmistress