Man Walks into a Room

Nicole Krauss

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English

Penguin
29 March 2007

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

From the author of the bestselling and greatly acclaimed The History of Love, comes an utterly gripping story of a man who has forgotten his past and is desperate to know his future.

Samson Greene, a young and popular professor at Columbia University, is found wandering in the Nevada desert. When his wife, Anna, comes to take him home, she finds a man who remembers nothing, not even his own name. The removal of a small brain tumour saves his life, but his memories beyond the age of twelve are permanently lost.

Here is the story of a strikingly intelligent, sensitive man returned to a world in which everything is strange and new. An emigrant in his own life, set free from everything and everyone who once defined him. Samson believes he has nothing left to lose. So when a charismatic scientist asks him to participate in a bold experiment, Samson agrees. What he gains is nothing short of the beautifully painful revelation of what it is to be a human being.

By: Nicole Krauss
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 181g
ISBN: 9780141021157
ISBN 10: 0141021152
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 29 March 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nicole Krauss was born in New York in 1974. This is her first novel, which was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Best Book Award. Her second novel, The History of Love, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She lives in Brooklyn.

Reviews for Man Walks into a Room

Praise for The History of Love: 'Charming, tender and wholly original' J. M. Coetzee 'This is a wonderful novel, erupting with life . . . building to a perfect, heartbreaking end' Daily Mail