Both Uses of
oblivion
in
Oryx and Crake
- And the temporary oblivion of sex.†
p. 11.1
- That had been the milder form: the single man at the window, drinking himself into oblivion to the mournful strains of the tango.†
p. 166.0 *
Definition:
the state of being completely forgotten
or:
the state of being completely destroyed -- typically so as to no longer exist
or:
a state of having lost all sense of what is going on -- as during sleep or use of some drugs
or:
the state of being completely destroyed -- typically so as to no longer exist
or:
a state of having lost all sense of what is going on -- as during sleep or use of some drugs