A Flight into the Past: Chris Arthur’s What Is It Like to Be Alive? Fourteen Attempts at an Answer (2024)

Authors

  • Fábio Waki Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/f7khpe60

Keywords:

Chris Arthur, Essay, Review

Abstract

Review of Chris Arthur's What is it like to be alive? (2024).

Author Biography

  • Fábio Waki, Universidade de São Paulo

    Holds a BA in Literary Studies (2012) and an MA in Linguistics – Classics (Capes, 2015) from the University of Campinas and a PhD in Materialities of Literature (FCT, 2021) from the University of Coimbra. He was a visiting scholar at King’s College London (Santander, 2015), at Stockholm University (FCT, 2018), and at the University of California Los Angeles (Fapesp, 2024). He is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher (Fapesp, 2023) connected to the William Butler Yeats Chair of Irish Studies at the University of São Paulo. 

References

ARTHUR, Chris. Hidden Cargoes. Rochester: EastOver Press, 2022.

ARTHUR, Chris. What Is It Like to Be Alive? Fourteen Attempts at an Answer. Rochester: EastOver Press, 2024.

ASSMANN, Aleida. “Texts, Traces, Trash: The Changing Media of Cultural Memory”. In: Representations, No. 56, Special Issue: The New Erudition, Autumn, 1996, pp.123-34.

BARTHES, Roland. Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. New York: Hill & Wang, 1981.

CAMUS, Albert. The Myth of Sisyphus. New York: Vintage, 2018.

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Published

03-12-2025

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 1 (2025): ABEI Journal 27.1 – Special Issue 50 Years of Diplomatic Relations Between Brazil and Ireland

Section

Reviews

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Copyright (c) 2025 Fábio Waki

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How to Cite

Waki, F. (2025). A Flight into the Past: Chris Arthur’s What Is It Like to Be Alive? Fourteen Attempts at an Answer (2024). ABEI Journal, 27(1), 273-276. https://doi.org/10.11606/f7khpe60