{"product_id":"the-man-without-a-shadow-paperback","title":"The Man Without a Shadow - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this taut and fascinating novel, the bestselling, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sacrifice, The Accursed, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLovely, Dark, Deep\u003c\/em\u003e examines the mysteries of memory, personality, and identity and pierces the enigmatic force that drives human lives--love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1965, neuroscientist Margot Sharpe meets the attractive, charismatic Elihu Hoopes--the \"man without a shadow\"--whose devastated memory, unable to store new experiences or to retrieve the old, will make him the most famous and most studied amnesiac in history. Over the course of the next thirty years, Margot herself becomes famous for her experiments with E. H.--and inadvertently falls in love with him, despite the ethical ambiguity of their affair, and though he remains forever elusive and mysterious to her, haunted by mysteries of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Man Without a Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e tracks the intimate, illicit relationship between Margot and Eli, as scientist and subject embark upon an exploration of the labyrinthine mysteries of the human brain. Where does \"memory\" reside? Where is \"love\"? Is it possible to love an individual who cannot love you, who cannot \"remember\" you from one meeting to the next?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade vivid by her exceptional eye for detail and her keen insight into the human psyche, \u003cem\u003eThe Man Without A Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique story of forbidden love, a kind of secret, evolving marriage, depicted in Joyce Carol Oates's tight, impassioned prose. It is an uncanny, ambitious, and structurally complex novel that penetrates the mind and illuminates the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1965, a young research scientist named Margot Sharpe is introduced to Elihu Hoopes, an attractive, charismatic amnesiac whose short-term memory has been devastated by a brief illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharming, mysterious, and deeply lonely, Eli is tortured by his condition. Trapped eternally in the present moment, he is also haunted by a fragmented memory from his childhood: the disturbing image of an unknown girl's body, floating under the surface of a lake. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired and moved by her exceptional patient, Margot dedicates her professional life to him. But where is the line between scientific endeavor and personal obsession?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Atmospheric and unsettling, \u003cem\u003eThe Man Without a Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e is a poignant exploration of loneliness, ethics, passion, aging, and memory--intricately, ambitiously structured and made both vivid and unnerving by Oates's eye for detail and her searing insight into the human psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1965, a young research scientist named Margot Sharpe is introduced to Elihu Hoopes, an attractive, charismatic amnesiac whose short-term memory has been devastated by a brief illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharming, mysterious, and deeply lonely, Eli is tortured by his condition. Trapped eternally in the present moment, he is also haunted by a fragmented memory from his childhood: the disturbing image of an unknown girl's body, floating under the surface of a lake. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired and moved by her exceptional patient, Margot dedicates her professional life to him. But where is the line between scientific endeavor and personal obsession?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Atmospheric and unsettling, \u003cem\u003eThe Man Without a Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e is a poignant exploration of loneliness, ethics, passion, aging, and memory--intricately, ambitiously structured and made both vivid and unnerving by Oates's eye for detail and her searing insight into the human psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691799023679,"sku":"9780062416100","price":22.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e6e9a7655cb852fd99c11349d8a08a99.webp?v=1764993268","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-man-without-a-shadow-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}