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The Memory Artists

Jeffrey Moore

Paperback | Pages: 336 pages

Rating: 3.71 | 1055 Users | 88 Reviews

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Title	:	The Memory Artists
Author	:	Jeffrey Moore
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	February 21st 2006 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published January 1st 2001)
Categories	:	Fiction. Contemporary. Psychology

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Winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award for Best Novel Noel Burun has synesthesia and hypermnesia: he sees words in vibrant explosions of colors and shapes, which collide and commingle to form a memory so bitingly perfect that he can remember everything, from the 1001 stories of The Arabian Nights to the color of his bib as a toddler. But for all his mnemonic abilities, he is confronted every day with a reality that is as sad as it is ironic: his beloved mother, Stella, is stricken with Alzheimer's disease, her memory slowly slipping into the quicksands of oblivion. The Memory Artists follows Noel, helped by a motley cast of friends, on his quest to find a cure for his mother's affliction. The results are at the same time darkly funny, quirkily inventive, and very moving. Alternating between third-person narratives and the diaries of Noel and Stella, Jeffrey Moore weaves a story filled with fantastic characters and a touch of suspense that gets at the very heart of what it means to remember and forget, and that is a testament to the uplifting power of family and friendship.

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Original Title:	The Memory Artists
ISBN:	0312349254 (ISBN13: 9780312349257)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Sunburst Award Nominee for Canadian Novel (2005), Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction (2005), Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Nominee (2004)

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Brilliant book that plays with style on every page. THe narrotr switches voices so often that it will make you head spin, which is a great feeling when wrapping your head around this book. THe footnotes were amazingly detailed and added a great post modern comic relief to some dense material. This book will make you envious and relieved.

This is a quick and engaging book to read. The characters are fabulous; they are interesting and sympathetic. But the plot gets more and more confusing as the book goes on. By the end, I had no clue what was happening. In fact, I found the ending very disappointing. The writing style isn't well-developed, and in my opinion could have benefited from more vigorous editing. Too much of the plot in the book seems to fall back on literary cliches. The dialogue is stiff and hackneyed.That being said,

I didn't like this book at all to begin with: words like 'glabrous' and 'pullulating' were used and it felt pretentious. But I'm glad I stuck with it, because it got a whole lot better once Noel's memory-bereft mother, Stella Burun was introduced. I enjoyed the multiple viewpoints and the element of mystery about the attacks on Samira, JJ, and Norval. The denouement was satisfying, too.

A little underwhelming, story-wise but did contain good information about enhancing memory naturally through the use of nature. Everything I researched that was casually mentioned by the characters had a grain of truth in it. I'm not sure one should "torch" all of one's lavender if one wants to improve one's memory but the reasoning behind it slowing your memory makes sense and tests prove it. Also, Vitaraso much more than an awesome Suzuki SUV. Lots of good information to be learned here.The

Very erudite and highly unusual book that lost me at times with its chemical formulas and endless flipping to endnotes. I almost abandoned it after the first chapter, but I hung in and found it to be an intriguing read that was far different from just about every other book I have read.

An interesting look into synaesthesia. Loved the characters, but the ending was so abrupt.

this one's about a guy with a super-memory and synaesthesia , trying to find a cure for his mother who has alzheimers, along with some friends. it's written as if it's a non-fiction account by the guy's neuropsychologist, complete with footnotes and interspersed with excerpts from all the other characters' diaries. i liked the odd structure (it was yet another bookslut recommendation and jessa read it because of the blurb from david mitchell, whose cloud atlas was another wonderful, structurally