From: Leda Schubert <bobr>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:24:06 -0500

One aspect of How I LIve Now that I haven't seen discussed is the black hole that introduces the last section (on p. 165). When I first arrived at the page, I wondered what on earth it was. After finishing the book, I came back to think about it, but even so it was seconds before my small beleaguered brain figured it out. "It's a black hole," I said to myself. "How brilliant," I continued (to myself). Following immediately from Daisy's father's phone call, and indicating the passage of many years, it is such a perfect symbol. I wonder whose idea it was-- anybody know? And Daisy immediately says, "When I go back over my writing now I can barely read it. The happiness is the worst. Some days I can't bring myself to remember. But I will not relinguish a single detail of the past. What remains of my life depends on what happened six years ago." Later: "The. Time. Simply. Passed."

Any other thoughts on this? Or was it so obvious that it needs no comment? leda

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