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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... meaning of insult and now it is primary to the meaning . Certainly a virus is not acting contemptuously when it targets the brain ; neither is the pavement nor steering wheel , nor falling wrench , nor clot of blood , nor most other ...
... meaning of insult and now it is primary to the meaning . Certainly a virus is not acting contemptuously when it targets the brain ; neither is the pavement nor steering wheel , nor falling wrench , nor clot of blood , nor most other ...
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... meaning . " Well , mine didn't , other than sound- ing like my great - grandmother's , and I've often thought about this issue , wondering if , as in many traditional cultures , there might be a way in which my essence were incorporated ...
... meaning . " Well , mine didn't , other than sound- ing like my great - grandmother's , and I've often thought about this issue , wondering if , as in many traditional cultures , there might be a way in which my essence were incorporated ...
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... meaning in this that is , I believe , even greater than the meaning of the name itself . Chance is in charge . The great challenge is to do something with what chance hands you , whether it be living up to a name that implies soft ...
... meaning in this that is , I believe , even greater than the meaning of the name itself . Chance is in charge . The great challenge is to do something with what chance hands you , whether it be living up to a name that implies soft ...
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Damaged Brain | 3 |
Confessions of a Demented Man | 18 |
In the Shadow of Memory | 29 |
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