Record Details
After aria
ScholarsArchive at Oregon State University
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | After aria |
| Names |
Crouch, Sean M.
(creator) Scribner, Keith T. (advisor) |
| Date Issued | 2014-04-22 (iso8601) |
| Note | Graduation date: 2014 |
| Abstract | After Aria is the first movement in a novel exploring the emotional pain of loss and the mind's ability to rewrite memory. Following the unexplained death of his seventeen-year-old daughter, Emory sees no alternative but to learn how to live life without Aria. A newspaper editor who views the world in concise realities, Emory struggles to understand his wife's inability to face the truth of their loss and move forward. Ottavia is strongly connected to New Age spirituality, and when she tells Emory she saw something in their home she can’t explain, he wonders if she’s suffering an emotional breakdown. As the weeks pass, however, Emory also begins to notice odd occurrences, and, attributing these strange events to the manifestation of Ottavia's grief, he fears the worst for his wife’s mental health. A novel on mourning and the hurt that shapes our lives, After Aria takes place in a psychological landscape where the real and the impossible exist simultaneously. |
| Genre | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Topic | Bereavement |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/1957/49235 |
