{"id":751,"date":"2019-02-09T11:58:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-09T18:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/?p=751"},"modified":"2019-02-09T12:25:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T19:25:43","slug":"a-different-ending-and-a-new-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/2019\/02\/09\/a-different-ending-and-a-new-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A different ending&#8230; and a new story!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear readers,\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-166 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/files\/2016\/04\/The-Afrikaner-Cover-copy-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/files\/2016\/04\/The-Afrikaner-Cover-copy-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/files\/2016\/04\/The-Afrikaner-Cover-copy.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am proposing here a kind of literary game. Once you have finished the book, please feel free to provide your feedback and, most importantly, your ideas about\u00a0an alternative ending or a possible sequel to <em>The Afrikaner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>My idea is that a literary work is never set in stone (or paper, for that matter). Out there, in the Quantum Space Of (literary) Creativity (QUSPOC, pronounce: kewspoc), there exist infinite possible versions \u2013 and thus endings and sequels \u2013 of any given story.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, you are welcome to give\u00a0<em>The Afrikaner<\/em> an afterlife or a second life through a different ending, or through a whole new sequel.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone can participate in this collective game of words and imagination!<\/p>\n<p>Just post your ideas and suggestions here (or send me an email: aridag at me doc com) and I will add them to its <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/events\/keep-the-story-going\/\">dedicated page<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Best,<br \/>\nArianna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear readers,\u00a0\u00a0 I am proposing here a kind of literary game. Once you have finished the book, please feel free to provide your feedback and, most importantly, your ideas about\u00a0an alternative ending or a possible sequel to The Afrikaner. My &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/2019\/02\/09\/a-different-ending-and-a-new-story\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27332,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/afrikaner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}