Man Walks Into a Room

A Reader Walks into a Room I bought "Man" after loving "The History of Love". I don't think I realised until I started reading it that "Man" was her first novel. There were times when I could understand why other readers might be tempted to give it up. I persisted out of loyalty to "History" and out of......more

Samson Greene, an English professor at Columbia, is found wandering alone in Nevada desert. Turns out he has suffered severe memory loss because of a brain tumour. He can remember nothing but his childhood. After an operation he returns to his wife who is a complete stranger to him. Soon he finds he......more

This was different from The History of Love & The Great House, the other two I have read from her. More science fiction/fantasy. Intriguing, actually. About a man whom enters into a psychology experiment in which he essentially borrows another person's mind.... Krauss illuminates quite ingeniously t......more

A fresh, fascinating investigation of classic themes of loneliness and isolation. Her prose is so lyrical and poetic that it takes awhile before you realize that Krauss has broken your heart.......more

I was going to give this 4 stars but changed my mind at the last few pages. Not that it ended poorly, but I just can't put my finger on it. I loved the writing and the poetic one-liners that Krauss is so good at. But I got the "first novel" vibe from this for sure ... in that she seemed to have SO m......more