Chorea
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Chorea
14.99 €
"The past, if left untouched, is like a small flowering pond. There are beautiful lilies and fine cassava on the surface. But I touch the water, I touch it. I dive right into the dark, scary murk."
Marina's father, a radiobiologist, tested the Chernobyl soil after the nuclear accident. He died eight years ago, but only now Marina recognizes the cause: a rare genetic disease, Huntington's chorea. Marina is pregnant, she is very afraid of being a carrier and passing the disease to her son. Anxiety gives birth to more and more memories and makes her regret the years of alienation in her parents' home. Marina Kochan's autofiction is about accepting our loved ones and ourselves, about illness and hope, about the fears of a young mother and the pain of a grown-up child. Life and death in her novel go hand in hand, taking turns to draw the attention of the narrator. It seems as if she is confessing for all of us, and she does so sincerely.
Marina's father, a radiobiologist, tested the Chernobyl soil after the nuclear accident. He died eight years ago, but only now Marina recognizes the cause: a rare genetic disease, Huntington's chorea. Marina is pregnant, she is very afraid of being a carrier and passing the disease to her son. Anxiety gives birth to more and more memories and makes her regret the years of alienation in her parents' home. Marina Kochan's autofiction is about accepting our loved ones and ourselves, about illness and hope, about the fears of a young mother and the pain of a grown-up child. Life and death in her novel go hand in hand, taking turns to draw the attention of the narrator. It seems as if she is confessing for all of us, and she does so sincerely.
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