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The story of Anna P. : as told by herself
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-153).
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Department of English Language and Literature
2015
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| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Busetto, Penny |
| author2 | Ramesar, Rajkumar |
| author_browse | Busetto, Penny Ramesar, Rajkumar |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-153). |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| publishDate | 2015 |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13409 The story of Anna P. : as told by herself Busetto, Penny Ramesar, Rajkumar Creative Writing Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-153). This is a book about the fragility of memory and identity, and the nature of time. It has three parts reflecting the past, present and future of a woman, Anna P, who lives on an island off the coast of Italy but can no longer remember how she got there. She comes from South Africa but has almost no memories of the place or people there, and no attachment to them. The only person she has any relationship with is a sex worker whom she pays by the hour. Her life is meaningless. She has abusive encounters with unknown men, clearly repetitions of traumatic events in the past, during which she dissociates. It is not clear whether she occasionally kills these men or not. It is only when she begins to connect emotionally with a slightly retarded child, and her self begins to coagulate around a tiny centre core of meaning, that she finds some value in herself, some place which she will not allow to be abused. Through connection with another person, she comes into an ethical relationship with the world. 2015-07-14T08:39:12Z 2015-07-14T08:39:12Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13409 eng application/pdf Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
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| title | The story of Anna P. : as told by herself |
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| title_short | The story of Anna P. : as told by herself |
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| topic | Creative Writing |
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