write the story of a reincarnated soul as it migrates through history and cultures in (very) short vignettes. have ambiguous threads connect these lives: repeated images, names, vague memories, concepts. maybe do it in chronological order as the soul migrates, or maybe it might be more interesting to do it out of order. include their deaths.
maybe include:
the hunter-gatherer (maybe an indian? or is that too cliche?)
the empress
the soldier
the buddhist monk
the young victorian girl
the explorer (ship captain? or more marco polo? maybe an arctic explorer?)
the housewife
the revolutionary (english civil war? paris commune? russian revolution?)
the missionary (maybe muslim for a change of pace? maybe christians in japan)
the wino
any others you can think of
is this too long for a short story? is this a novel? is this a multi-volume series of epic novels?
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2 comments:
this is an excellent idea.
quit stealing my ideas, philipe!
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