Of Memory, Reminiscence, and Writing “as though, in order to begin writing, one did not have to forget or otherwise suppress most of what memory and reminiscence have meant; as though the entire matter of memory, reminiscence, recall, recollection, reverie, and repetition were not an endless overture arising out of an absolute past, incapable […]
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Isabella and the Zibaldone Isabella sat by the window of the ‘borrowed’ flat just off Charing Cross Road. She was flat-sitting for her friend David, who was on a three-month-long research sabbatical in Rome. The late afternoon sun spilled across the room in warm, slanting beams; the air tinged with a quiet melancholy, as though
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Imagine stumbling upon an old, weathered notebook filled with fragments of stories, cryptic notes, sketches of worlds, and half-finished thoughts—a treasure trove of possibility, mystery, and inspiration. That’s the spirit behind The Lost Notebooks of Isabella Sinclaire, a writing project that unfolds in layers, evolving over time through a series of blog entries. Each
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Introduction In the rich tapestry of Latin American literature, Gabriel García Márquez’s “100 Years of Solitude” stands as a towering work, weaving together reality and magical realism. In Chapter 15 of Gerald Martin’s biography, titled “Melquiades, The Magician,” we find a profound reflection on Márquez’s approach to storytelling. This reflection offers a unique perspective on
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I promised myself a new blog posting, a series actually, tied together (however loosely) by some kind of thematic frame. Given my semi-disciplined mind, this endeavour does require a structure, a frame to contain the chaos, focus the irrruptions, gather the threads into some manner of a weave. However, not a frame story, not a
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