I've never read Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, but for a brief period about 12 years ago I received a series of junk emails from unknown senders that contained nothing but brief snippets from the book. Each sentence in each snippet was truncated to only five or six words making the whole read like a poem. It was only thanks to Google that I identified the source of the words. I never worked out the source of the emails or their purpose.
All that has nothing to do with your piece, but your mention of the book brought that back into my mind. Your "thin slices of lives" is such a beautiful image and reminded me too of the fragmentary nature of those emails. Those emails and your essay are both beautiful collections of words that piqued my curiosity and took me to another world.
Hola El Relato Es Excelente , Al Igual Que Las Fotografías. Por Cierto Me He Descargado Tú Libro , Me Parece Maravilloso. Gracias Por La Descarga Gratuita. Un Saludo.
I've never read Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, but for a brief period about 12 years ago I received a series of junk emails from unknown senders that contained nothing but brief snippets from the book. Each sentence in each snippet was truncated to only five or six words making the whole read like a poem. It was only thanks to Google that I identified the source of the words. I never worked out the source of the emails or their purpose.
All that has nothing to do with your piece, but your mention of the book brought that back into my mind. Your "thin slices of lives" is such a beautiful image and reminded me too of the fragmentary nature of those emails. Those emails and your essay are both beautiful collections of words that piqued my curiosity and took me to another world.
Wow, Miranda, this spam emails story is quite intruiguing.
Hola El Relato Es Excelente , Al Igual Que Las Fotografías. Por Cierto Me He Descargado Tú Libro , Me Parece Maravilloso. Gracias Por La Descarga Gratuita. Un Saludo.