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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... kind of assault , I am curious about the way " contempt " has found its way into the matter . Contempt was always part of the meaning of insult and now it is primary to the meaning . Certainly a virus is not acting contemptuously when ...
... kind of assault , I am curious about the way " contempt " has found its way into the matter . Contempt was always part of the meaning of insult and now it is primary to the meaning . Certainly a virus is not acting contemptuously when ...
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... kind of person or the kind of writer I became , all these require an access to memory that is no longer routine for me . You cannot think if you cannot remember ; at best , you can react . When Beverly and I watch movies , I am a ...
... kind of person or the kind of writer I became , all these require an access to memory that is no longer routine for me . You cannot think if you cannot remember ; at best , you can react . When Beverly and I watch movies , I am a ...
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... kind of connection I fantasized would no longer be possible . All that was possible was the external form of it , perhaps , a time to come in which we behaved as though she knew and loved me . That would have to be enough . Sitting on ...
... kind of connection I fantasized would no longer be possible . All that was possible was the external form of it , perhaps , a time to come in which we behaved as though she knew and loved me . That would have to be enough . Sitting on ...
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Damaged Brain | 3 |
Confessions of a Demented Man | 18 |
In the Shadow of Memory | 29 |
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