| Author: | Carol Rumens | ISBN: | 9781910139790 |
| Publisher: | The Emma Press | Publication: | October 26, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The Emma Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Carol Rumens |
| ISBN: | 9781910139790 |
| Publisher: | The Emma Press |
| Publication: | October 26, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The Emma Press |
| Language: | English |
In Carol Rumens's Bezdelki, small things like the English meaning of her Russian title help to shore up the memory of a life. These elegies for a late partner, written in memory of Yuri Drobyshev, explore the principle that death, even for atheists, isn’t purely loss. Instead, a kind of conversation between two people can be continued through willed acts of memory, whether by rooting through incidental artefacts found in a toolbox or by revisiting works of Russian literature that both members of the couple admired.
In Carol Rumens's Bezdelki, small things like the English meaning of her Russian title help to shore up the memory of a life. These elegies for a late partner, written in memory of Yuri Drobyshev, explore the principle that death, even for atheists, isn’t purely loss. Instead, a kind of conversation between two people can be continued through willed acts of memory, whether by rooting through incidental artefacts found in a toolbox or by revisiting works of Russian literature that both members of the couple admired.
