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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... brother and I never responded to danger the way most peo- ple did . On the one hand , we placed ourselves in situations that seemed certain to injure us . On the other hand , we were crazed by vigilance , alert to the least sign of ...
... brother and I never responded to danger the way most peo- ple did . On the one hand , we placed ourselves in situations that seemed certain to injure us . On the other hand , we were crazed by vigilance , alert to the least sign of ...
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... brother's view . He ate wildly , almost con- temptuously , in the face of his inheritance . He smoked to the same rhythm , often four packs of cigarettes a day . Aggressively seden- tary , he was an accomplished napper , a spectator and ...
... brother's view . He ate wildly , almost con- temptuously , in the face of his inheritance . He smoked to the same rhythm , often four packs of cigarettes a day . Aggressively seden- tary , he was an accomplished napper , a spectator and ...
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... brother's father too ? " I nod . It is the first time she has mentioned my brother , who died three summers ago . This is all much more than I had bargained for , a mixture of grief and confusion and fear that has subdued both my ...
... brother's father too ? " I nod . It is the first time she has mentioned my brother , who died three summers ago . This is all much more than I had bargained for , a mixture of grief and confusion and fear that has subdued both my ...
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Damaged Brain | 3 |
Confessions of a Demented Man | 18 |
In the Shadow of Memory | 29 |
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