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Time Travel
The past is never dead. It’s not even past. William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun In present-day America, it is said that young people have little interest in their ancestry. They see their choice of life partner as a … Continue reading →
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Tagged American youth, Amy Harmon's What the Wind Knows, ancestors' influence, Biblical origins, Biblical recollection, bodice busters, empathy for bygone cultures, empathy for earlier eras, Europe carrying its history, European difference in marriage choice, exogamous marriage, family karma, far memory, fashionable irony, fashionable opinions, fashionable skepticism, fashions in literary opinion, fashions in reading, finding one's true love, forebears' influence, foretelling the future, grandfathers, high brow literary criticism, historical romance, intermarriage, Ireland in the 1920's, Irish history, Irish memories, Karmic legacy, last wishes, losing one's true love, mixed marriage, modern opinions, Motherland, past-life memories, recollecting the past, return to Ireland, revisiting the past, revolutionary struggle, romance novels, romance novels and historical insight, romance novels as thought experiments, taking romance novels seriously, The Irish Troubles, the past never dies, the weight of history, the weight of the past, thwarted romance, time travel, true love and culture, true love and history, true love and truth, updating the Biblical country, William Faulkner's Requiem for a Nun, yearning recollections, young people and their ancestors
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A Steeper Cliff
A Steeper Cliff The escarpment of Sunday loomed as one of life’s steeper cliffs. At 10:00 a.m. that morning, Jerry was scheduled to give a talk about his book, God: An Autobiography as told to a philosopher. By now he’s … Continue reading →
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