The Archivist of Asymmetry (eBook)

A Formal Reflection on Structural Failure, Urban Decay, and the Persistence of Memory in a Familiar City

Brendon David (Autor)

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2025 | 1. Auflage
110 Seiten
Publishdrive (Verlag)
978-0-00-110269-9 (ISBN)

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This is not a travelogue. It is an exploration of the architecture of the human mind as it confronts the subtle, relentless degradation of the physical world. The Archivist of Asymmetry is written in the voice of a Method Essayist-a detached, formal consciousness obsessed with symmetry-who undertakes a deliberate, unhurried walk through a city intimately known for decades. The narrative meticulously catalogues small, critical failures: the three-centimeter rise in a library curb, the diagonal tension of a half-drawn window blind, the missing dash in a street number, and the minute shift of a municipal bench.

Through highly specific, almost clinical observation, the work allows emotion to surface implicitly. It uses detailed physical description, cognitive drift, and an uneven cadence to simulate the rhythm of genuine human thought and resistance. Each chapter is a sustained meditation on a single, minor error-a cracked pane, a faulty hinge, a peeling poster-using these failures to confront a deeper internal truth: that the city's chaos may simply reflect the mind's own refusal to maintain balance. This is a nonfiction study in perception, memory, and the necessary, beautiful imperfections of decay.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.11.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-00-110269-9 / 0001102699
• ISBN-13: 978-0-00-110269-9 / 9780001102699