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Rebeca 2022-10-22 22:22:13
Awaiting Oblivion: Decolonization and Deterritorialization
Excerptions from Jonathan York's "Awaiting Oblivion: Decolonization and Deterritorialization" (2014):
Le Boucher reveals the real of the fictive: the real of memories edited and revised; the real that unfolds in the process of unrealing. The wars of independence may have made Popaul a butcher; but...
Pascal Ferone
Extended Reading
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Hélène: A crime is awful! Think of the poor girl!
Popaul: I've seen a corpse or two - their heads in the wind, cut in half, mouth open. I've seen three or four piled together. Kids with their eyes punctured. Indo-Chinese as old as Madame Tirrant completely torn to bits. I've seen pals of mine rotting in the sun, being eaten by maggots.
Butcher shop customer: Yes, war is a horrible thing. That's a fact, but murder like this - it's barbaric!
Popaul: We counted corpses by the truckload, so... I'm rambling.
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Popaul: But, shit, I asked you if I kissed you now, what would you say?
Hélène: I'd say nothing, but please don't.
