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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... Sometimes I can't even re- member my wife's name , and I've been married thirty - two , thirty- three years . " He added again that it was hard for him to think when he was tired . " Sometimes , I can't even remember my own name ...
... Sometimes I can't even re- member my wife's name , and I've been married thirty - two , thirty- three years . " He added again that it was hard for him to think when he was tired . " Sometimes , I can't even remember my own name ...
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... sometimes I think I've become a beagle . Intense spices — Indian , Thai , Mexican - feel exaggerated in their richness ; I can become exhausted and confused by eating these foods . My skin often tin- gles , sometimes for no discernible ...
... sometimes I think I've become a beagle . Intense spices — Indian , Thai , Mexican - feel exaggerated in their richness ; I can become exhausted and confused by eating these foods . My skin often tin- gles , sometimes for no discernible ...
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... sometimes find my- self throwing together an odd gestural salad , my hand movements wrong for what I am saying , like an orchestra conductor perform- ing a golf swing when he wants the woodwinds to join in . The sum of my experiences ...
... sometimes find my- self throwing together an odd gestural salad , my hand movements wrong for what I am saying , like an orchestra conductor perform- ing a golf swing when he wants the woodwinds to join in . The sum of my experiences ...
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Thinking with a Damaged Brain | 3 |
Confessions of a Demented Man | 18 |
In the Shadow of Memory | 29 |
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