http://slow.writerscafe.org/ZaneL The original writings of author ZaneL en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776218777 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 This is chapter 1. I'm really looking to see whether this dark and solemn introduction to the protagonist is too jarring, or sets up the kind of uncertainty and alienation the rest of the book covers. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZaneL/1987036/ A kind of bildungsroman I've been trying to get a grips of. In the same strain as "Nausea" by Sartre, but a starker representation of 21st century urban alienation for those growing up now. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZaneL/1987035/