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The man without a shadow a novel / Joyce Carol Oates.

Summary:

In 1965, neuroscientist Margot Sharpe meets Elihu Hoopes: the "man without a shadow," who will be known, in time, as the most-studied and most famous amnesiac in history. A vicious infection has clouded anything beyond the last seventy seconds just beyond the fog of memory. Over the course of thirty years, the two embark on mirrored journeys of self-discovery: Margot, enthralled by her charming, mysterious, and deeply lonely patient, as well as her officious supervisor, attempts to unlock Eli's shuttered memories of a childhood trauma without losing her own sense of self in the process. Made vivid by Oates' usual eye for detail, and searing insight into the human psyche, The Man Without a Shadow is eerie, ambitious, and structurally complex, unique among her novels for its intimate portrayal of a forbidden relationship that can never be publicly revealed.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781628444186
  • ISBN: 9780062440266
  • ISBN: 0062440268
  • Physical Description: 500 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: 1st HarperLuxe edition, larger print
  • Publisher: New York, New York : HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016.
Subject:
Neuroscientists > Fiction.
Amnesia > Fiction.
Genre:
Large print books.
Romance fiction.

Available copies

  • 5 of 6 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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