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Nicole Krauss - Man Walks Into a Room (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
Award-winning American novelist Nicole Krauss first captivates readers with her groundbreaking debut novel Man Walks into a Room, a novel in which Krauss explores what it is to lose one's identity and what it is to discover what makes us human.
Samson Greene has been missing for eight days when he is discovered wandering through the Nevada desert, 'ragged as a crow' and with no idea who he is. He is rushed to hospital where doctors save his life, but all his memories after the age of twelve have been permanently lost.
Now, as he looks around the beautiful apartment he apparently shares with his wife and which is filed with all the souvenirs of a life well lived, Samson feels nothing more than a vague admiration.
In her first novel Nicole Krauss tells the story of a man suddenly liberated from the life he has made, disconnected from the people who have defined him. Withdrawing from a wife he has no memory of loving, Samson plunges weightless into the future. But when he agrees to participate in a revolutionary experiment, what he experiences a revelation of what it means to be human.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Good
- Category : Fiction - Modern Mainstream Fiction
- Published : 2002 (This Edition 2007 - Penguin)
- ISBN : 9780141021157
- SKU : B003042
- PPC : LL250gm
- RRP : £7.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'Krauss celebrates the anything-but-simple art of human connection' - San Francisco Chronicle.
'You'll savour the last page - and be hungry for future work from this talented author' - The Washington Post Book World.
" . . . a way to explore the narratives we create about ourselves, the innate loneliness we all share, intimacy and the sacred space of consciousness. Truly beautifully written, this is a worthwhile read . . ." - Google Review.
"Krauss’ prose is multi faceted and engages the reader with thought provoking ideas." - Goodreads Review.