
Block Time
A Memoir
Harry Anderson(Author)
Outskirts Press
Published on 19. December 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
298 pages
978-1-9772-2946-5 (ISBN)
Description
A HYBRID MEMOIR:
THE MERGING OF WORD AND FABRIC
Imagine a story quilt, consisting of twenty-five 12"x12" blocks, each symbolically depicting a seminal happening in your life. The format of Block Time simulates the fashioning of such a quilt. Whereas the narration satisfies the requisite five W's of reportage (who, what, why, when, where), the fabric's figurative designs go beyond the word. Their components - e.g., color and configuration - limn what is ineffable. Stitch together the twenty-five episodes and the twenty-five blocks and you will see the essence of a life. The accounts of hauling up drinking water in a pail from a well, of a red alert just shy of the DMZ, of narrowly losing one's virginity, of a perilous journey through America's most dangerous ghetto do interrelate. A quilt is made, the stories are told, and you have a delineation of a life.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
643 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9772-2946-5 (9781977229465)
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