“Black Space Is Time:” Intermediality, Narrative, and Community in Michael Ondaatje by Serena Fusco

“…On the one hand, light and darkness mirror each other as extreme poles which blend, in concrete, in infinite shades of grey, mirroring a photographic process; on the other hand, darkness surrounds, in a Caravaggesque fashion, pools of light illuminating fleeting moments in time; the latter configuration is also, to an extent, ante litteram photographic. …”
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