A luminous and unforgettable first novel by an astonishing new voice in fiction, hailed by Esquire magazine as 8220;one of America8217;s best young writers.8221;Samson Greene, a young and popular professor at Columbia, is found wandering in the Nevada desert. When his wife, Anna, comes to bring him home, she finds a man who remembers nothing, not even his own name. The removal of a small brain tumor saves his life, but his memories beyond the age of twelve are permanently lost. Here is the story of a keenly intelligent, sensitive man returned to a life in which everything is strange and new. An emigrant from his own life, set free from all that once defined him, Samson Greene believes he has nothing left to lose. So, when a charismatic scientist asks him to participate in a bold experiment, he agrees. Launched into a turbulent journey that takes him to the furthest extremes of solitude and intimacy, what he gains is nothing short of the revelation of what it means to be human.
Samson Greene of New York City is found wandering in the Nevada desert, unable to remember who he is. Operated on for the removal of a brain tumor, he then must live with an unexpected side effect: he has recovered his memories, but only of what happened to him before the age of 12. His attempts to reclaim his life involve an odyssey into his own past, a doctor who is either a genius or a madman, excursions into the lives of others, and an unexpected resolution.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Love + Relationships + Sex, Human Qualities + Behavior, Medicine + Health, Literary Genres + Types of Novels, Literary, Types of Characters
- Publisher: Anchor Books
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: November 1, 2003
- Date Published: November 1, 2003
- Author: Nicole Krauss