In the Shadow of MemoryUniversity of Nebraska Press, 2003 - 243 páginas In December 1988 Floyd Skloot was stricken by a virus that targeted his brain, leaving him totally disabled and utterly changed. In the Shadow of Memory is an intimate picture of what it is like to find oneself possessed of a ravaged memory and unstable balance and confronted by wholesale changes in both cognitive and emotional powers. Skloot also explores the gradual reassembling of himself, putting together his scattered memories, rediscovering the meaning of childhood and family history, and learning a new way to be at home in the world. Combining the author’s skills as a poet and novelist, this book finds humor, meaning, and hope in the story of a fragmented life made whole by love and the courage to thrive. |
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... Beverly painted a number of moody , sensuous landscapes , pictures that emerged from her memory of Ireland and of earlier times spent in sim- ilar scenery . I wrote a few poems , often about the same subject as Beverly's art . Our ...
... Beverly painted a number of moody , sensuous landscapes , pictures that emerged from her memory of Ireland and of earlier times spent in sim- ilar scenery . I wrote a few poems , often about the same subject as Beverly's art . Our ...
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... Beverly near the shop window , where she stared at a bin of wilted greens and two gnarled tomatoes . She held a small jar of jam in one hand and looked bereft . The pickings for fresh produce were worse than for paper ; she was going to ...
... Beverly near the shop window , where she stared at a bin of wilted greens and two gnarled tomatoes . She held a small jar of jam in one hand and looked bereft . The pickings for fresh produce were worse than for paper ; she was going to ...
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... Beverly was instantly ec- static : glistening fruits and vegetables , everything she needed , plus freshly baked soda bread filling the place with its scent , the same brand of bikkies she ate for dessert all those years in Scotland ...
... Beverly was instantly ec- static : glistening fruits and vegetables , everything she needed , plus freshly baked soda bread filling the place with its scent , the same brand of bikkies she ate for dessert all those years in Scotland ...
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Damaged Brain | 3 |
Confessions of a Demented Man | 18 |
In the Shadow of Memory | 29 |
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