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“One look at each other and it was immediately understood that they both needed a clean slate,,, The obliteration of memory.”

Book:TransAtlantic

Work

TransAtlantic

TransAtlantic is a narrative that intertwines the lives of various characters with significant historical events, spanning from the 18th century to the late 20th century. The story delves into the personal and collective experiences of individuals affected by these events, offering a rich tapestry of historical and personal narratives. more

Author

Colum McCann

Colum McCann is an Irish writer known for his profound character development and rich narrative techniques. His works often explore the relationship between individuals and society, as well as deep insights into history and culture. Born on February 28, 1965, McCann's writing career began in the 1990s, and he has published numerous novels and short story collections. more

“It isn't dying I'm afraid of, it isn't that at all; I know what it is to die, I've died already. It is the endless obliteration, the knowledge that there will never be anything else. That's what I can't stand, to try so hard and to end in nothing. You know what I mean, don't you? ... I really loved to write.”

Knows Writing Trying Mean I Can Ends Hard Dies Dying Died Endless

Author:Cornell Woolrich

“Woman suffrage is an unjust, unreasonable, unspiritual abnormality. It is a hard, undigested, tasteless, devitalized proposition. It is a half-fledged, unmusical, Promethean abomination. It is a quack bolus to reduce masculinity even by the obliteration of femininity.”

Hard Half Unjust Propositions Masculinity Femininity Unreasonable Suffrage Abomination Quacks Woman Suffrage Abnormality

Author:John Boyle O'Reilly

“He despised his body for its boring hungers, reflex anger; its petty, obliterating rage. But now he'd become detached. He regarded his body with a tender regret. It was the thing his spirit had to haul.”

Body Spirit Regret Hunger Boring Rage Petty Despised Detached Reflexes Haul

Author:Louise Erdrich

“The clarity was startling and Samson wondered whether he was imagining these moments. Not that they hadn't happened at all, but that they had been embellished by details from elsewhere, fragments that survived the obliteration of other memories, vagrant data that gravitated and stuck to what was left to remember. But in the end he rejected this idea. The memories were too perfect: take one detail away and they collapsed into disorder.”