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Hidden Variable
| Title: | Hidden Variable. |
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| Name(s): |
Harms, Heather, Author Hubbard, Susan, Committee Chair Rushin, Patrick, Committee Member Neal, Mary, Committee Member , Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2012 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Hidden Variable is a novel that blends linear storytelling with the novel-in-stories form. It poses questions about the nature of identity as well as the feasibility of personal power, particularly with respect to disorders of the mind.Darla Pierson, the novel's protagonist, is a woman in crisis. She is steeped in self-loathing brought on by the knowledge that she has, in effect, become her dead father(-)a genius with an epic libido, habitually using and discarding people. Her father has another habit that Darla doesn't share: being struck by lightning. After the second strike kills him, Darla makes a conscious attempt to recreate herself. But soon the new Darla sinks into depression, and her act begins to crumble, damaging her and those around her. Throughout the years, she and her family members experience periodic clashes with nature, never fully realizing that sometimes the most powerful, most devastating opponent comes not from without, but within. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0004784 (IID), ucf:49774 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2012-12-01 M.F.A. Arts and Humanities, English Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | fiction -- novel | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004784 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | campus 2018-06-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
