The last breath of memory
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The last breath of memory "is an attempt by a person to preserve on paper what will soon be irrevocably lost - his own memories. At 61, having learned about the terrible diagnosis of Dementia "and its destructive consequences for memory, Gerda Sonders, an employee of the University of Utah, began to keep a diary. He later turned into truly inspiring memoirs, not inferior in style, wisdom and drama to the best works of the genre.
The story of the transformation of a small rural girl into a teenager-immigrant, and then into a woman who is inexorably losing her "I", is intertwined with discussions about the physiology of the brain and the principles of memory of memory, reflection on life with a disease and self-identification. And the sophisticated and intellectual style of Sonders, like the characters of her memoirs, clearly resembles the novels of J. M. Kutzee.
She saw her mother, due to her head injury, suffering from a mental disorder - and then she was in her place. Now she knows how to live on both sides of madness, she knows that the fear of death fades before fear of losing herself. And he tells how to live on, overcoming this all -pervasive fear
The story of the transformation of a small rural girl into a teenager-immigrant, and then into a woman who is inexorably losing her "I", is intertwined with discussions about the physiology of the brain and the principles of memory of memory, reflection on life with a disease and self-identification. And the sophisticated and intellectual style of Sonders, like the characters of her memoirs, clearly resembles the novels of J. M. Kutzee.
She saw her mother, due to her head injury, suffering from a mental disorder - and then she was in her place. Now she knows how to live on both sides of madness, she knows that the fear of death fades before fear of losing herself. And he tells how to live on, overcoming this all -pervasive fear
Author:
Author:Sonders Gerda
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Gazeta
Series:
Series: Heart memoirs. Overcoming stories
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:18+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-04-093989-3
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