A Primer for Forgetting: Getting Past the Past by Lewis Hyde

A Primer for Forgetting: Getting Past the Past

Lewis Hyde

384 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy psychology science self help reflective slow-paced

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We live in a culture that prizes memory – how much we can store, the quality of what’s preserved, how we might better document and retain the moments of our life while fighting off the nightmare of losing all that we have experienced. But what if ...

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