When talking about my English debut novel, an editor recently asked me, “I would love to know what inspired the storyline?”
The answer came to me almost instantly.
“I’ve always been fascinated by memory and its role in shaping identity. I believe our memories define us more than our personality traits or quirks. The novel explores questions like: What are we without our memories? Can we rebuild ourselves with new ones? That idea, combined with our constant pondering of the “what ifs” in life, was the spark for this story.”
It’s not easy being human. We move through a set of roles — some are physical (eating, sleeping) and some are societal (follow rules, pay taxes) — but each one of responds to them in a different way. We interpret life and its signals through the lens of our own experience.
And what is that experience if the accumulation of everything we’ve lived? Memory shape us. It makes us who we are. Erase it tomorrow and you’ll be someone entirely different.
David Cuen 
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