In a South Side neighborhood, in the middle of "the bitterest, meanest, darkest, coldest winter in anyone's memory," a man is hit by a truck and vanishes.
The Pedalling Man, by Russell Hoban A collection of memories, nature and fantasies, this is a brilliantly amusing book!
"Unless sounds are held by the memory of man," he wrote, "they perish, because they cannot be written down".
The barriers fell slowly, man by man.
These memories recur in his work, along with his enthusiasm for hip-hop, movies like "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" and "Watermelon Man" by Melvin Van Peebles and, of course, boxing.
We discredit the memory of the organization men by filling them with self-loathing and despair.
His current project is a collection of "Boyhood Memories" written by men of all ages and all walks of life.
Mr. Raffarin held both men by their forearms and thanked them "for keeping the memory alive".
Don't be fooled by the familiar dramatis personae: the regretful old man haunted by memories, the ghost of times past with the power to erase his bitter legacy, and the poor but loving family gathered in anticipation of a meager Christmas celebration.
