Negative Capability

Yesterday ended in disaster. Very late at night, I decided to write down everything that had happened; the only way I could think of coping. In this intimate and wryly honest journal, Michèle Roberts reflects on cities and countryside, loss and love, food, friendships, sisterhood, pleasure and memories, as well as her abiding relationship with France and with literature. Over the course of a year, a new pattern of being develops, until she finds a better balance between inner and outer worlds.

The book presents a personal account of resilience and self-discovery through daily observations and reflections, framed by a year of changing experiences. It explores how relationships, place, and culture intertwine to shape identity, and it emphasizes honesty and self‑examination as pathways to growth.

This edition highlights the author’s distinctive voice and the reflective tone that characterizes her literary work, offering readers an intimate glimpse into life, memory, and art.

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• Auteur: Michèle Roberts
• Genre: persoonlijke memoires, journaal
• Thema’s: verlies, liefde, vriendschap, voedsel, familie
• Focus: relatie met Frankrijk en literatuur
• Uitgave: 272 pagina’s, paperback, Sandstone Press Ltd