The Memory Man
When Bruno Lind, a neuroscientist and memory expert, returns to Vienna, the city of his birth, more awaits him than he had expected. Propelled by dreams, a chance name overhead in a hotel lobby, and the urgings of his daughter, Lind becomes the detective of his own unexplored life, retracing the...
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When Bruno Lind, a neuroscientist and memory expert, returns to Vienna, the city of his birth, more awaits him than he had expected. Propelled by dreams, a chance name overhead in a hotel lobby, and the urgings of his daughter, Lind becomes the detective of his own unexplored life, retracing the experiences of World War II, refugee camps, and migration that he has long been unable to communicate. Journeying to Poland and to points farther east, to lost families and forgotten loves, this vivid novel of time, place, and memory reveals a world where some can't remember and others can't forget.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781900850896 (1900850893)
Publish date: September 1st 2005
Publisher: Arcadia Books
Pages no: 258
Edition language: English
I'm not sure I know how to describe this book. It is immensely touching and heart wrenching, and it never descends into melodrama. The characters are real, totally believable, the plot brilliant. It is a book about different types of loss, but also about different types of hope. It's about what ...
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