01901cam a2200289 i 4500 610976198 TxAuBib 20160126120000.0 150430s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062416094 hardcover $27.99 006241609X hardcover $27.99 (OCoLC)908262392 YDXCP eng rda YDXCP BTCTA BDX WIVLS CO2 ZGV OCLCO JQM ABG VP@ OCLCO JP3 NBO TxAuBib rda Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-, author. The man without a shadow [Book] : a novel / Joyce Carol Oates. First edition. New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016] ©2016. 369 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In 1965, neuroscientist Margot Sharpe meets Elihu Hoopes: the "man without a shadow," who will be known, in time, as the most-studied and most famous amnesiac in history. A vicious infection has clouded anything beyond the last seventy seconds just beyond the fog of memory. Over the course of thirty years, the two embark on mirrored journeys of self-discovery: Margot, enthralled by her charming, mysterious, and deeply lonely patient, as well as her officious supervisor, attempts to unlock Eli's shuttered memories of a childhood trauma without losing her own sense of self in the process. Made vivid by Oates' usual eye for detail, and searing insight into the human psyche, The Man Without a Shadow is eerie, ambitious, and structurally complex, unique among her novels for its intimate portrayal of a forbidden relationship that can never be publicly revealed. Neuroscientists Fiction. Amnesia Fiction. Romance fiction. lcgft