Out of Nowhere Into Nothing - 9781573661867

Out of Nowhere Into NothingAuthor(s): Caryl Pagel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: Fiction Collective Two\nISBN-13: 9781573661867, 978-1573661867\nSynopsis\nEssays on the apparitional, the incomprehensible, and the paranormal in conversation with art, travel, and storytelling\n\nOut of Nowhere Into Nothing is a collection of sublime meditations on the unbelievable, the coincidental, and the apparitional; the ghostsliteral and figurativethat drive our deepest impulses, disturb our most precious memories, and haunt the passages of our daily lives. Often containing reflections on the art of storytelling, Caryl Pagels essays blend memoir, research, and reflection, and are driven by a desire to observe connections between the visual and the invisible. The narrator of Pagels essays explores each enigma or encounter (a football coachs faked death, the faces of women walking, historical accounts of hallucinations, a citys public celebrat.