false 3590668 225246 1438308 0143017497 9780143017493 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183589580m/1438308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183589580s/1438308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1438308.Memory_Artists 3.33 3 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.]]> 210868 3.68 116 20 2004 4 0 false Thu Jul 26 12:59:47 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 12:59:47 -0700 2007 more...]]>