| Author |
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- author.
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| Title |
The man without a shadow / Joyce Carol Oates. |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| OCLC |
908262392 |
| ISBN |
9780062416094 |
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006241609X |
| Publisher |
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] |
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©2016. |
| Description |
369 pages ; 24 cm |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Neuroscientists -- Fiction.
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Amnesia -- Fiction.
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Friendship -- Fiction.
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Children's
Subject heading/s |
Friendship -- Fiction.
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Self-discovery -- Fiction.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Love stories.
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Romance fiction.
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Romaner.
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| 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. |
| General note |
Subtitle on dust jacket: A novel. |
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