Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 07:37:37 -0400
Subject: Re: Like water for Chocolate ...


Thank you for the reference to Coetzee's book. I have not read it yet but
will.  I am really fascinated by this idea of survival in the postcolonial
world.  I am not convinced that postcolonial only refers to those communities
that have most recently been released from colonial domination.  I believe we
all are part of a postcolonial world and are just beginning to find our "own"
voices. There is much talk of a missing "center" which told "others' what to
do and think. I believe the center exists in each person and it is spiritual
and is a common link that is everlasting.  I am not a traditional anything as
far as religion but do believe in a divine link that sustains and joins
humanity. This spiritual link helps us survive in prisoner of war camps, in
the mountains of Sarajevo, in the Southern planations of America, and the
cotton mills of the New England .

Linda E. Neville
Ladydonut-AT-aol.com


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