Jim Brown reviewed I Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani Pickhart
War Stories and Love Stories
Ukraine 2013-2014, the war before the war. Brutal at moments and beautiful at others.
"Loss, when it occurs, has memory stronger than the mind, stronger than visual recollection patterned in the brain. It's something the flesh knows, the muscles know, like a dancer reciting a step done hundreds of times, like a musician playing a song or a scale after decades without practice. It's something the body knows, something the body is aware of while the mind adapts, responds, reacts." (154)
Ukraine 2013-2014, the war before the war. Brutal at moments and beautiful at others.
"Loss, when it occurs, has memory stronger than the mind, stronger than visual recollection patterned in the brain. It's something the flesh knows, the muscles know, like a dancer reciting a step done hundreds of times, like a musician playing a song or a scale after decades without practice. It's something the body knows, something the body is aware of while the mind adapts, responds, reacts." (154)