Amnesia
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Book Overview
As erotic and intense as Damage, this acclaimed Canadian novel makes its much-awaited American debut. This story within a story--told by a stranger to a city archivist on his way to his own wedding--tells of an astonishing family and a woman, confined to an asylum, who casts a spell all her own.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1562827480
ISBN13:9781562827489
Release Date:March 1994
Publisher:Hyperion Books
Length:227 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.3" x 7.5"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
If you've only read Milrose, you must read this
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I came across Cooper via his Young Adult novel, Milrose Munce and the Den of Professional Help. Which I LOVE. Of course, Amnesia is radically different, in almost every way. It is equally wonderful, however.
Psych/Thrill
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Prepare to use your noodle as you enter the many rooms of Mr. Cooper! A deeply philosophical and intense study of nuerotic/erotic/psychotic animal man. While perusing this fine novel, I couldn't help but feel like I was being used, fooled into the hijinx of the main character. If you have ever questioned the correlation between family and fate, I urge you to find this book!
Disturbing and compelling
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Like a rotted tooth or a troubling sore I return to this book. Scrape aside the scab of human suffering and Cooper finds the sore beneath. Enigmatic and esoteric, he delivers the knock out punch when least expected. As a long time fan of Eco and Borges, I appreciated Cooper's craft and touch upon his work when I get a chance. This is not an exit.
Compelling and morose.....dark secrets revealed.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I read this book about two years ago and was utterly facinated with the books premise and characterization. The mood is evocative, anything seems possible, if not likely. A fantastic Canadian writer, an iconoclast with dark vision.
I've read it three times.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Amnesia is aptly named. Reading it, you feel like you yourself have forgotten something integral. It moves at a deadly, feverish pace, twisting itself out of recognition, becoming something more than a novel. Just as Torontois an organic city within the book, the book itself is organic. It grows into and out of itself. It finds its way into your life.
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