Man Walks into a Room
Author: Nicole Krauss
A luminous and unforgettable first novel by an astonishing new voice in fiction, hailed by Esquire magazine as one of America”s best young writers.Samson Greene, a young and popular professor at Columbia, is found wandering in the Nevada desert. When his wife, Anna, comes to bring him home, she finds a man who remembers nothing, not even his own name. The removal of a smal….Read More
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