Silvina Ocampo The promise

"A dying woman's attempt to recount the story of her life reveals the fragility of memory and the illusion of identity"--. A woman traveling on a transatlantic ship falls overboard; adrift, she makes a promise to Saint Rita, "arbiter of the impossible," that if she survives, she will write her life story. As she drifts, the story of her life-- a repertoire of miracles, threats, and people parade tumultuously through her mind. Eventually her imagination begins to commandeer her memories, escaping...

Engels | 103 pagina's | City Lights Books, San Francisco | 2019

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