Paper Houses
- 192 páginas
- 7 horas de lectura
A whimsical and misanthropic imagining of Emily Dickinson's life
Dominique Fortier Libros
La obra de Dominique Fortier profundiza en la intrincada relación entre la memoria, el tiempo y la conexión perdurable entre el pasado y el presente. Su escritura se caracteriza por una prosa lírica y una exploración incisiva de la psique humana. Ella investiga cómo las experiencias vividas dan forma a nuestras identidades y nuestra búsqueda persistente de significado dentro del flujo incesante del tiempo. Fortier invita a los lectores a reflexionar sobre sus propias historias personales y las marcas imborrables que dejan.
Pale Shadows
- 192 páginas
- 7 horas de lectura
Dickinson after her death: the story of the trio of women who brought the first collection of Emily Dickinson's poems out of the shadows Grieving the loss of her sister and alone in a big house, Lavinia goes through Emily's things and wonders what to do with her sister's poems. She enlists the help of Susan, Emily's best friend and brother Austin's wife, who rouses herself from a deep depression to put the poems into some order to approach a publisher. Lavinia also brings Austin's mistress, Mabel, into the project for her worldliness and connections. In the wings, there is Millicent, Mabel's daughter, a little girl like Emily in spirit, wise and strong-willed, and fascinated by things big and small in the world around her. Delicate like lacework with dark threads running through it, Pale Shadows picks up the story of Emily Dickinson where Paper Houses left off, to explore the place of women in history, their creativity, and the enduring power of Dickinson's poetry.