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Summer of our discontent

Keevil, Tyler ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6901-2833 2021. Summer of our discontent. Forest, Susan and Law, Lucas K., eds. Seasons Between Us, Calgary, Canada: Laksa, pp. 174-198.

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Abstract

What is a life well-lived? What decisions will you make to have a meaningful life? What kind of stories will you leave behind? Travel with twenty-three speculative fiction authors through the seasons of life to capture the memories, identities, and moments of stepping through the portal of change, as they cope with their own journeys of growing older. From the moment of birth, through each threshold of our lives, to the moment we take our last breath, we age. Some of us leap into a hopeful future, some cling to the knowns of our former selves, some wander obliviously through the minefields and poppies of change. Something is lost, something is gained in each season. Things forgotten, things remembered. A child redefines identity and belonging in post-Soviet Hungary. A girl blossoming to adult awareness exchanges life for death in rural Canada. A college student chooses between the magic of ancient spirits and the magic of daily happiness in modern Japan. In futuristic India, a mother finds joy in the balance between family and career. Under the Andalusian sun, a mathematician consults his older self in affairs of love. In alternate Tanzania, a husband and wife discover wisdom in memory loss. A robot eases an old man's grief, and a grandmother opens her heart when she listens to her child. And many more hopeful stories.

Item Type: Book Section
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: English, Communication and Philosophy
Publisher: Laksa
ISBN: 9781988140162
Last Modified: 02 Feb 2023 11:00
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/156018

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