Not quite as magical as “History of Love” this is nontheless a great book with an interesting concept behind it – loss of memory, loss of self, etc. The quality of Nicole Krauss’s writing is astounding for a first writer, but there is still something a little bit clumsy with the way she works through the narrative and altho I thoroughly enjoyed this one, I don’t think it will stay in my memory for very long. Can’t wait to read what she writes next tho.

I guess I just like Nicole Krauss. Her other book (History of Love) quickly climbed to my list of all-time favorites, and while I didn’t feel quite as strongly by this novel, I still thoroughly enjoyed it. She has a knack for letting the reader really get inside the main character. Wasn’t a huge fan of the science-experiment days described in the middle of the book, that I thought was its biggest downfall. Very interesting premise of a man who, at 31, is found wandering in the desert and has lost all memories from age 12 onwards.

About a man who loses the last 24 years of his memory. Explores experience and memory and the idea of self.