The Man Without a Shadow, (Paperback)

from arubabookwoman

As is often the case, this Oates novel has a factual basis. In this case, the inspiration was the famous case of H.M., an amnesiac whose memory was erased every 70 seconds or so. While H.M. remembered his past, any new memories were repeatedly erased: every new person he met was new over and over...

from thewanderingjew

The Man Without a Shadow, Joyce Carol Oates, author; Susan Hanfield, narrator Margot Sharpe is an intern in the Darven Park, Pennsylvania, neuropsychology laboratory of Milton Ferris. His university is engaged in the scientific study of memory, and its chief subject is amnesiac, Elihu Hoopes. It ...

from hubblegal

Elihu Hoopes is the man without a shadow. Due to an infection and high fever, he sustained brain damage and has lost the ability to retain memory for longer than 70 seconds. Even though he doesn't remember her from one meeting to the next, the neuroscientist Margot who is studying and testing him...

from Dianekeenoy

I never know if I will like a book written by Joyce Carol Oates, but since I tend like most of them, I can never take a chance and miss one. Thank goodness, I didn't miss this one because I really liked this book. While I didn't read it straight through, I felt like I needed to absorb and think a...

from ozzer

This novel explores the inherent differences between patients and subjects. In medicine, clinicians do their utmost to cure or improve their patient's disease. More often than not, solid information is not available. This then involves clinical experience tainted by unknown amounts of personal bi...