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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... dream of moving with grace . In some of these dreams , I am fly- ing . The problem is that I'm flying upside down , with my face toward the sky , and to see anything other than clouds or stars I must bend myself backward like a bow ...
... dream of moving with grace . In some of these dreams , I am fly- ing . The problem is that I'm flying upside down , with my face toward the sky , and to see anything other than clouds or stars I must bend myself backward like a bow ...
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... dream about knowing and loving what supports you . The joy of movement in this dream is akin to flying but somehow connected to the idea of home . I am exploring the structure that will in time support the place I live . If I can feel ...
... dream about knowing and loving what supports you . The joy of movement in this dream is akin to flying but somehow connected to the idea of home . I am exploring the structure that will in time support the place I live . If I can feel ...
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... dream was in color , though I know the human eye does not see colors in moonlight . There was action , a narrative that brought me to the shore and turned my face toward light , but it has slipped away too , like sand through fingers ...
... dream was in color , though I know the human eye does not see colors in moonlight . There was action , a narrative that brought me to the shore and turned my face toward light , but it has slipped away too , like sand through fingers ...
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Damaged Brain | 3 |
Confessions of a Demented Man | 18 |
In the Shadow of Memory | 29 |
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