Re: JCO: Missing Mom

Hi, Eric. I'd always seen the character Marya as an amalgam of JCO's
university experiences and her mother's family experiences: after all, Marya does
"recover" her mother at the end of the novel. When MARYA was published JCO began
to reveal a lot of autobiographical info to the public, including her Jewish
ancestry, which had thus far been classified info.
Cyrano

In a message dated 10/12/2005 10:14:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
erickarl78@hotmail.com writes:

<< I hadn’t heard that Marya was based on her mother. That’s interesting
because I always assumed it was based more on Oates own experience of
univers >>
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