The story of Anna P. : as told by herself

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dc.contributor.advisorRamesar, Rajkumaren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBusetto, Pennyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-14T08:39:12Z
dc.date.available2015-07-14T08:39:12Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 152-153).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis is a book about the fragility of memory and identity, and the nature of time. It has three parts reflecting the past, present and future of a woman, Anna P, who lives on an island off the coast of Italy but can no longer remember how she got there. She comes from South Africa but has almost no memories of the place or people there, and no attachment to them. The only person she has any relationship with is a sex worker whom she pays by the hour. Her life is meaningless. She has abusive encounters with unknown men, clearly repetitions of traumatic events in the past, during which she dissociates. It is not clear whether she occasionally kills these men or not. It is only when she begins to connect emotionally with a slightly retarded child, and her self begins to coagulate around a tiny centre core of meaning, that she finds some value in herself, some place which she will not allow to be abused. Through connection with another person, she comes into an ethical relationship with the world.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBusetto, P. (2011). <i>The story of Anna P. : as told by herself</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13409en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBusetto, Penny. <i>"The story of Anna P. : as told by herself."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13409en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBusetto, P. 2011. The story of Anna P. : as told by herself. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Busetto, Penny AB - This is a book about the fragility of memory and identity, and the nature of time. It has three parts reflecting the past, present and future of a woman, Anna P, who lives on an island off the coast of Italy but can no longer remember how she got there. She comes from South Africa but has almost no memories of the place or people there, and no attachment to them. The only person she has any relationship with is a sex worker whom she pays by the hour. Her life is meaningless. She has abusive encounters with unknown men, clearly repetitions of traumatic events in the past, during which she dissociates. It is not clear whether she occasionally kills these men or not. It is only when she begins to connect emotionally with a slightly retarded child, and her self begins to coagulate around a tiny centre core of meaning, that she finds some value in herself, some place which she will not allow to be abused. Through connection with another person, she comes into an ethical relationship with the world. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - The story of Anna P. : as told by herself TI - The story of Anna P. : as told by herself UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13409 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13409
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBusetto P. The story of Anna P. : as told by herself. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13409en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherCreative Writingen_ZA
dc.titleThe story of Anna P. : as told by herselfen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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