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Book SynopsisThe Nothing That Is and the Nothing That Is Not is the final volume in a trilogy on interpretations of otherness in the postmodern era. The first two volumes are A Do-It-Yourself Dystopia: The Americanization of Big Brother (University Press of America, 2002) and Leopards in the Temple: Selected Essays 1990-2000 (University Press of America, 2001).
Trade ReviewPersuasive...exquisite...heroic... * Bridges *
If, as Umberto Eco writes and as Steven Carter seems to prove, every 'narrative world' enjoys the same dignity of existence as every other world, then why shouldn't the world of the reader, with all its silent presences, be included among Carter's narrated ones? Understood this way, Carter's book becomes a profound, potentially never-ending text that involves the personal experience of whomever reads it. 'The Nothing That Is and The Nothing That Is Not' is one of those works, very rare but very necessary, that underscores in serious fashion the human need to re-discover the precious space of our authenticity and spirituality. -- Franca Gerli, from the foreword
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword by Franca Gerli Chapter 2 Author's Note to the Reader Chapter 3 Preface Chapter 4 Acknowledgments Chapter 5 Ghosts Chapter 6 A Mind of Winter Chapter 7 The Snow-Line Chapter 8 Why Not Me? Chapter 9 Intermission: The Grief of Tisha Rae Garza Chapter 10 Parable of the Universe Next Door Chapter 11 "A Bright Red Scream" Chapter 12 The Power of Beauty Chapter 13 L'Envoi: The Two Infinites
