The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss

by David Grand and Karen Joy Fowler

Book Overview

Jonathan Lethem is perhaps our most active literary voice mining the genre margins of our culture. In this unique collection he creates an anthology that no one else could. He draws on the work of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375706615
• ISBN13: 9780375706615
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Mmmm... yummy.

Are you worried that coughing up the bucks for an anthology will leave you with two or three gem stories and a pile of duds? Well don't worry this time, kids, Lethem delivers the goods. At least eight solid keepers in this one that I will certainly read again at some point. Overall, the theme works very well, and the variety of experiences (from creepy to wacky) is pretty wide. It's not all bumps on the head, waking up in white-walled rooms...

Unforgettable

A terrific concept brilliantly executed. The editor has gathered a superb collection of stories and essays that address, directly or otherwise, the subject of memory loss. What is memory? What does it mean to remember, and why does it matter? These are only a few of the questions that are explored from many different perspectives by Martin Amis, Oliver Sacks, Vladimir Nabokov, Philip K. Dick, and many other distinguished writers. This is one book you won't soon forget!