6. The journey north along Highways 1 and 101, built over trails inscribed by Catalan and Spanish monks, always spoke to me of both ecstasy and erasure.
I am intrigued by a presence in the novel, something without which a coast could not be a coast: the sea. This dark, fathomless presence separates the characters from each other at different points in their lives as they move from continent to continent, as well as the different stages of a given character's own life. Memory is what spans this dark sea, forming bridges connecting the characters to each other throughout the different phases of their lives, as well as reconnecting a character to his or her own past. Memory is a magnetic, binding force in the novel, overriding the sea's otherwise powerful ability to separate coast from coast, life from life, past from present.
I am intrigued by a presence in the novel, something without which a coast could not be a coast: the sea. This dark, fathomless presence separates the characters from each other at different points in their lives as they move from continent to continent, as well as the different stages of a given character's own life. Memory is what spans this dark sea, forming bridges connecting the characters to each other throughout the different phases of their lives, as well as reconnecting a character to his or her own past. Memory is a magnetic, binding force in the novel, overriding the sea's otherwise powerful ability to separate coast from coast, life from life, past from present.
I'm loving every chapter.
…..what on earth is/was/might be about to…..? Hard to wait for the next chapter, really hard…
It's just a week...