I'm happy that you find these aspects interesting, at least :0P
My inspiration was all of the Muslims that I've gotten to know over the years. Why then? Well, I have to answer "why there?" first. "Why there?" is because Asia and Haret got me fascinated with Libya. I was determined to set myself (as Alfonso) there, and so I did. However, that never would have been plausible without the "why then?" of the Italian Occupation. Originally, the book was to be called
Shanghaied, and in it Alfonso was taken from his home and made to work on a piratical voyage which eventually would have brought him to a Arab-based community.
The purpose of this book is to allow the reader to feel a wide range of emtions and think thoughts which they might not ever have considered, before. Alfonso is placed in a situation where he is
forced to feel. And, what is also a big part of the story, he is forced to
act. He must do things--sometimes without the desired time in which to consider these actions.
Here is another excerpt. (Oh, as for you last question, no, I won't ever be posting the whole thing. You will all, however, be able to help my literary career by buying it through Amazon.com or some such thing, hehe). *rubs hands together* MMOAHah!!
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Originally Posted by excerpt 4 from Chapter Four, "A Stranger in a Strange Land"
Gleefully setting aside his belongings and quickly disrobing (although he was sure to keep on some loose undergarment for modesty's sake, even in almost entire seclusion), Alfonso hopped along on bare feet towards the water's edge. Just as he was nearing the brink and about to spring out into the deepest part of the giant puddle, he heard a nearly synchronous series of splashes and plops, along with a rousing cacophony of croaks and very earthy calls which could only come from the throats of . . .
"Frogs!" should have been his first thought, one might think, but no, for Alfonso, the auditory stimuli invoked one response in a single, wide, sweeping leap of logic:
Meat!
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