Science-fiction Studies, Volume 17SFS Publications., 1990 - Electronic journals |
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The third work of 1975 , “ The Autobiography of My Mother , ” is less well known than the other two . While it is not SF , it is certainly not realistic either , unless we want to consider it an Anglo version of Magic Realism .
The third work of 1975 , “ The Autobiography of My Mother , ” is less well known than the other two . While it is not SF , it is certainly not realistic either , unless we want to consider it an Anglo version of Magic Realism .
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along with my mother . I've always supposed that neither of us knew why ” ( p . 18 ) . The narrator's father died when she was two , and her mother had had to work ; money was tight and times were hard , but it was more than that .
along with my mother . I've always supposed that neither of us knew why ” ( p . 18 ) . The narrator's father died when she was two , and her mother had had to work ; money was tight and times were hard , but it was more than that .
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It's horrible to have a mother ... who can do everything .... Without meaning to , you compete . And to be in competition with Mary was devastation , because anything I could do she could do ten times as well .
It's horrible to have a mother ... who can do everything .... Without meaning to , you compete . And to be in competition with Mary was devastation , because anything I could do she could do ten times as well .
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Contents
Glenn Grant Transcendence Through Detournement | 41 |
Ivan Adamovič Czech SF in the Last Forty Years | 50 |
NOTES | 57 |
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