![]() As Frank tries to save Presley from the onslaught of memory, cracks emerge in his own fiction, and the thoughts that sneak through suggest a connection between the two men that goes well beyond a doctor and his patient. Persistent thoughts are torturing Presley, recurring images of another time and place. But one day, Presley Smith arrives in Frank's office. He is satisfied in his profession, more or less secure in the life he shares with his much younger lover, content with his own fiction. Doctor Frank Sina specializes in sealing these memory leaks. ![]() On occasion, though, cracks emerge, and reminders of discarded lives seep through, thoughts from a previous existence burrowing in the conscious mind. To make the transition, traces of a person's past are erased and new, complete fictions are implanted in their stead. ![]() The prospect of eternal life, however, presents a new problem: rejuvenated bodies require rejuvenated identities. Vassanji (1950- ) of Indian heritage he belongs to the. In the indeterminate future in an unnamed western city, physical impediments to immortality have been overcome. the nostalgia for the lost home, which in the ultimate analysis becomes analogous. ![]()
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