false 43278161 1919959 369439 0312349254 9780312349257 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174191742m/369439.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174191742s/369439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/369439.The_Memory_Artists 3.73 84 Winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award for Best Novel</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV><DIV>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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