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…there were long periods of his childhood when he was waiting, in a dressing room, alone in the apartment, so that in some ways when I looked back on his childhood, he was at once there but also not there. Or perhaps it was that I was at once there but also not there, as if Xavier's childhood had taken place in my vicinity, with the details somehow escaping me.
Oct 07, 2025 06:24PM
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cycads and ferns is on page 10 of 197
I opened the box….Perhaps my reactions were in some ways secondhand or performed-the gasp of delight, for example-but the feeling they were designed to express was sincere….
Oct 01, 2025 06:45AM
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Anna Looking forward to see what you make of this. "Or perhaps it was that I was at once there but also not there" - an almost Blanchot-like phrase that eluded me on first reading.


cycads and ferns This book reminds me of Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein, nominated for the 2023 Booker Prize. Both books have protagonists that misread other’s actions and motives and are unreliable narrators. The actor from Audition seems also to be worried about aging and fearing being replaced.


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