The Architecture of Story by Will Dunne

Author:Will Dunne
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9780226181882
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2016-04-08T04:00:00+00:00

Indigenous terms

• Bashert. A traditional Yiddish term for a soul mate. Though Charles is not Jewish, he uses this term to describe Ana and to justify his decision to leave Lane.

• Biopsy. Removal of sample tissue from the body to test for disease.

• Bone marrow. The soft tissue inside large bones where new blood cells are produced.

• Bryn Mawr. An exclusive college for women in Philadelphia. This is where Virginia went to school, studied Greek literature, and dreamed of being a scholar.

• Chemotherapy. A treatment for cancer in which chemicals are used to kill cancer cells.

• Lumpectomy. Surgical procedure to remove a tumor in a breast.

• Machu Picchu. An ancient Incan fortress city in the Andes mountains in Peru. Charles imagines visiting exotic places like this in order to “live life to the fullest.”

• Mastectomy. Surgical procedure to remove a breast as a treatment for breast cancer.

• Microtubules. Microscopic tube-shaped structures found in the cytoplasm of cells.

• Radiation. Anticancer treatment in which high-energy rays are used to destroy cancer cells.

• Taxol. Commercial brand name for an anticancer drug made from yew trees.

• Yew tree. A fir tree. The bark of the Pacific yew contains a chemical called paclitaxel, which stops the growth of certain cancer cells and can be used in chemotherapy to fight cancer. Matilde, who speaks English as a second language, at first interprets “yew tree” as “you tree” and thinks that Charles is planning to invent a “you medicine.”

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