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INTRICACY A Meditation on Memory Intricacy is not intended to be a biography of anyone, nor does it offer itself as a piece of research or criticism. In the sense that it is a collection of stories, it is a fiction, and inasmuch as the stories are united in a narrative, it is a novel. In the sense that it is a set of arranged ideas, it is an extended essay. I have not taken the route of the researcher but have worked with whatever came to hand – documents and things already in my possession or on the Internet, people whom I have met fortuitously and conversations with friends. The people presented in Intricacy all lived or live, but I am only partially sure that they in fact did or said the things I report. I have tried to be accurate and truthful, but my memory is unreliable and most of the texts from which I have worked are themselves the productions of other memories. Michael Cope 2005First published 2005 by Double Storey Books, a division of Juta & Co. Ltd, Mercury Crescent, Wetton, Cape Town © 2005 Mike Cope ISBN 1-77013-021-7 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilised in any form and by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without permission in writing from the publisher Edited by Helen Moffett Cover design and typeset by Chalk Design, Cape Town Printed by Creda Communications, Epping, Cape Town |