The unique
structure of any crystal is the result of what we might think of as the «shape» of its atoms (or ions), which causes them to slot
into a particular position and to layer themselves in a fixed,
orderly pattern.
I would like to say I approached the research and writing of The Incarnations in an
orderly and systematic manner, but the truth is that I pretty much began researching all of the narratives at once, with only a hazy idea of how they would be
structured into a novel.