Biblioteca di Rassegna iberistica

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Miscellanea | Stories Come to Matter: Water, Food, and other Entanglements
Capitolo | To Steal a Fish

To Steal a Fish

Abstract

In Deborah Levy’s novel Hot Milk, Sofia escorts her mother to Spain in search of a cure for her mother’s paralysis, only for the doctor to suggest a cure for her. To remedy her lack of courage, the doctor prescribes that she steals a fish. At the market she eyes a tuna, but pronounces it ‘too big’, before she slips a dorado into her basket. But what else might it mean to steal a fish? And is tuna truly ‘too big’ to steal? In response to these questions, this essay approaches the topic of how ‘stories come to matter’ by weaving together notes about swimming with Atlantic bluefin tuna together with reflections on storytelling and structure, matter and meaning.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 07 Novembre 2024 | Accettato: 05 Dicembre 2024 | Pubblicato 09 Maggio 2025 | Lingua: en

Keywords CuisineStorytellingThe Mediterranean SeaBluefin tunaExtinctionFish ranchesMalta


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