There are more than a few characters in our lives.
They can be enticing, exciting, and mysterious - like the Snake Woman in the first piece of this issue. They can be attractive and quixotic, like the young Sharif Bashiri. But they are not even necessarily someone we know personally - our parasocial relationships with celebrities, stars, authors are as personal as those we share in living flesh. Eileen Chang, the author who brought notoriety to her homeland while achieving fame far beyond, is among their number.
Yet the characters who move us to action can break our hearts. In “At the Memorial Garden” and “Paradise Revisited” we learn profound truths about ourselves.
In Issue 8, we invite our readers to discover: what is my own character? And where will it take me?
Issue 8 of The Apostrophe will be published starting on March 1, 2025 - one piece per day, with the full PDF version published on the final day.