Like the icy terrain she sets out to investigate it reveals itself gradually in layers. I am captured by the Alicia Kopf book, the way she shows and doesn’t show the central idea, but explores the force behind it. I’d like to talk about all that as a metaphor, because what interests me is the possibility of an epic, a new epic, without foes or enemies an epic involving oneself and an idea.” Kopf plays with the idea of creating something as a form of exploration of the unknown, and with “the idea of investigation, of seeking out something in an unstable space. Alicia Kopf, Brother in IceĪs I am trying not to get too stuck in my own project, faced with the beginning of the year and a quietness comparable to an inability to move, here are a few notes on Alicia Kopf’s book Brother in Ice as part of my thinking on Correspondances.īrother in Ice is described as a book that defies genres, a ‘hybrid novel – part research notes, part fictionalized diary, and part travelogue.’ I am drawn to the structure of the book, to its short and disjointed sections, that break apart the usual linear narrative structure, and the way it brings together personal writing with research notes and with illustrations and images. I often find myself getting stuck in this project.
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