Synesthesia fiction (showing 1-6 of 6)

[Joseph comment history]

I find the medical condition of synesthesia to be really interesting, and fiction based on it as well. So far, I've read these synesthesia-themed works, can you suggest any others? Thanks

A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

The Humming of Numbers by Joni Sensel

Still Waters: A Mystery and Tooth and Claw: A Mystery by Nigel McCrery

The Sound of Blue: A Novel by Holly Payne

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

The Fallen by T. Jefferson Parker

The Beautiful Miscellaneous: A Novel by Dominic Smith

[Andreea comment history]

Nabokov's memoir Speak, Memory contains a chapter on synesthesia and the condition is somewhat frequently mentioned throughout the book.

[Erika comment history]

A Rhinestone Button by Gail Anderson-Dargatz is the only one I've read with a character that has that condition and I liked it.

[Becky comment history]

The Book Thief has undertones of synethesia in the descriptions, which I found wonderful, but the book isn't about that at all. It is an excellent book though! :)

[El comment history]

Hey Joseph, did you see the Wiki link about synesthesia in literature? It has some of the abovementioned titles but also some other ones. Are you working on a project about synesthesia?

[Joel comment history]

The condition plays a part in the end of the seminal sci-fi novel The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. Most editions of the book make it a little more fun by playing with the layout of the text as a way to visually represent the ideas being described.