Ongoingness
is
a quirky little book that is also beguiling.
The author kept diaries for 25 years and then meditates on this practice
and whether it helps to retain memories or not.
I can't do her writing justice but this is what some
other reviewers have said about this little book:
'deeply examines the nature of time, memory, and
diaries…A beautiful book… powerful and provocative reflections.' Boston Globe
A bold, elegant, and honest confrontation of a
diarist's motivations and neuroses… Ongoingness reads variously as an addict's
testimony, a confession, a celebration, an elegy' The Paris Review
And it was difficult to choose just one extract from
the book but I did and here it is:
Before I was a mother, I thought I was asking, How then
can I survive forgetting so much?
This book sounds intriguing...as a writer who has an entire bookcase full of diaries and journals that span the space of 35 years. You find the most interesting books!
ReplyDeleteI have been and still am a diary keeper, though I call them journals. I would find this an interesting read.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds interesting. I'll have to look for it.
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