A poetic account of aging, memories, and the question of self. 'What am I doing here? Is this about saving my aging self? What do I have to do with this web of lies, my remembered self-legend? Is this what I am, and nothing more? For some reason, my mind needs this continuity event. I am a dubious memory story. I am a bundling, feedback-driven as-if, creating a dubious memory story in order to then consist of it...' In "Growing Older," Silvia Bovenschen looks back on her life through personal narrative, reflection, and commentary, and ventures a glimpse into what the future may hold. She skillfully interweaves her own memories and musings with references to the works of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Ilse Aichinger, and Elias Canetti. The result is a poetic and profound account of one of the central themes of our time: aging and the associated questions of identity, memory, and transience. A literary essay that provokes thought and touches the reader. biography Silvia Bovenschen, born in 1946, lives in Berlin as a literary scholar and essayist. In 2000, she was awarded the Roswitha Prize of the city of Gandersheim and the Johann Heinrich Merck Prize of the German Academy for Language and Literature. In 2007, Silvia Bovenschen received the Ernst Robert Curtis Prize for Essay Writing. New product