Date of Award
2019-01-01
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Creative Writing
Advisor(s)
Sylvia Aguilar-Zéleny
Abstract
"Still in Kushimoto" is a novel told from the perspective of a young American man named Zim who finds himself at a campground at the southern tip of Japan's Honshu Island in the rural town of Kushimoto. He makes a New Year's resolution to write in a journal in a conscious attempt to find the narrative of his own life. The novel takes the form of present day journal entries, interwoven with recollected past events in alternating chapters. As the story of the past moves forward, towards the end of the novel it merges with the present, but Zim finds himself still stranded in Kushimoto, still within a narrative that feels isolated, incoherent and meaningless. Zim's narrative only begins to make sense and become meaningful when he begins to tell a story of "we" instead of just "I" and when he begins to share his life and his story with others.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2019-06
File Size
152 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Warren Decker
Recommended Citation
Decker, Warren, "Still in Kushimoto (A Novel)" (2019). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 55.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/55