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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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Ratings: 3.71 From 1055 Users | 88 Reviews

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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.

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.

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.



The mid part is difficult to read if you have experienced alzheimers disease first hand. After that though it picks up with interesting characters and their relationships.Noel and Norval especially are extremely interesting, both by themselves but also their relationship.

The Memory ArtistsSynaesthesia: Somebody affected by synaethesia may 'experience' colours when they hear or read words, while others 'see' sounds or 'hear' colours.[Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_...]Alzheimer: a form of dementia that gradually gets worse over time. It affects memory, thinking, and behavior.[Source: www.ncbI.nlm.nih.gov]Noel Burun has synaesthesia and his mother, Stella Burun, has Alzheimer. Throughout the novel, we get an insiders view of Noels life as he

The Memory Artists by Jeffrey Moore is one of those books that has been growing on me the longer I read it. Noel Burun has a condition called synaesthesia which causes him to attach colors to events from his past and part of the story is told from his point of view. (By the way, I looked up this condition and it does exist.) His mother has Alzheimers and part of the story is told from her point of view not to mention the points of view of other "unusual" characters that are also represented.