Voyager: Constellations of Memory Fernndez Nona
Voyager: Constellations of Memory Fernndez Nona A startling book-length essay, at once grand and intimate, from National Book Award finalist Nona Fernndez.Voyager begins with Nona Fernndez…
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Voyager: Constellations of Memory Fernndez Nona
A startling book-length essay, at once grand and intimate, from National Book Award finalist Nona Fernndez.Voyager begins with Nona Fernndez accompanying her elderly mother to the doctor to seek an explanation for her frequent falls and inability to remember what preceded them. She describes a recent trip to the remote Atacama desert--one of the world's best spots for astronomical observation--to join people who, like her, hope to dispel the mythologized history of Chile's new democracy. As the author stares at the image of her mother's brain scan, it occurs to her that the electrical signals shown on the screen resemble the night sky.Inspired by the mission of the Voyager spacecrafts, Fernndez begins a process of observation and documentation.
Weaving together the story of her mother's illness with story of her country and of the cosmos itself, Fernndez