The Memory Man

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Synopsis

When Bruno Lind, a neuroscientist and memory expert, returns to Vienna, the city of his birth, more awaits him than he had expected. Propelled by dreams, a chance name overheard in a hotel lobby, and the urgings of his daughter, Lind becomes the detective of his own unexplored life, retracing the experiences of World War II, refugee camps, and migration that he has long been unable to communicate. Journeying to Poland and to points farther east, to lost families and forgotten loves, this vivid novel of time, place, and memory reveals a world where some can't remember and others can't forget.

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Published
18/06/2008

Publisher
Arcadia Books

ISBN
9781905147953

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'It speaks history and one cannot stop listening' - John Berger'Adroit and elegant. Read with horror and fascination' - Edmund White'Stunning' - Helena Kennedy QC, Books of the Year, Guardian'Impressive' - Sunday Times'Authentic. It's not the geography which haunts the story, but a search for missing daughters and fathers ... skilfully transmits connections between individual and collective memory' - Independent'Intriguing, entertaining, compelling ... an ingeniously conceived plot' - Jewish Chronicle

About the author

Lisa Appignanesi

Lisa Appignanesi was born in Poland, grew up in Paris and Montreal before moving to Britain. A university lecturer, she was a founder member of Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative and then deputy director of London's Institute of Contemporary Arts. She is currently deputy president of English PEN and also a member of PEN's Writers in Prison Committee. She is also a noted broadcaster, critic and cultural commentator. Her translation (together with John Berger) of Nella Bielski's The Year is 42 was awarded the 2005 Scott Moncrieff Prize for Translation and her novel The Memory Man won the 2005 Holocaust Literature Award and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Lisa Appignanesi lives in London and has two children.