A number of other people then arrive at this remote shore area, a couple of family groups in cars, and others thereafter. He doesn’t stop to watch, but later sees that she appears to have died, possibly after hitting her head diving. The book begins as a man we later learn to be Algerian steps out of a cave to see a young woman swimming naked in the cove below. Is it an ecological fable? Is it a character study? Certainly the latter, as it appears to deal with humanity in microcosm, sharing out personality traits and concerns among the relatively few cast members. While the titular analogy is obvious, this isn’t a graphic novel that reveals its secrets, nor is any meaning very clear. Sand Castle is a memorably creepy and disturbing meditation on the inevitability of death, which isn’t a topic that’s been widely explored in graphic novels.
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