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Original Title:	The Memory Artists
ISBN:	0312349254 (ISBN13: 9780312349257)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Sunburst Award Nominee for Canadian Novel (2005), Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction (2005), Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Nominee (2004)

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Winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award for Best Novel

Noel Burun has synesthesia and hypermnesia: he sees words in vibrant explosions of colors and shapes, which collide and commingle to form a memory so bitingly perfect that he can remember everything, from the 1001 stories of The Arabian Nights to the color of his bib as a toddler. But for all his mnemonic abilities, he is confronted every day with a reality that is as sad as it is ironic: his beloved mother, Stella, is stricken with Alzheimer's disease, her memory slowly slipping into the quicksands of oblivion. The Memory Artists follows Noel, helped by a motley cast of friends, on his quest to find a cure for his mother's affliction. The results are at the same time darkly funny, quirkily inventive, and very moving. Alternating between third-person narratives and the diaries of Noel and Stella, Jeffrey Moore weaves a story filled with fantastic characters and a touch of suspense that gets at the very heart of what it means to remember and forget, and that is a testament to the uplifting power of family and friendship.

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Title	:	The Memory Artists
Author	:	Jeffrey Moore
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	February 21st 2006 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published January 1st 2001)
Categories	:	Fiction. Contemporary. Psychology

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Less about synaesthesia than I'd hoped, because only a fraction of the book is from Noel's (the synaesthete's) perspective, but still an entertaining story.

In some pages , the events goes slowly. The descriptions are good. The notes which is provided by Dr. Vorta includes interesting information. I liked the main characters' behaviours and attributes. I liked the JJ especially. He deserves to be main character more than Noel Burun .

The Memory Artists by Jeffrey Moore is one of those books that has been growing on me the longer I read it. Noel Burun has a condition called synaesthesia which causes him to attach colors to events from his past and part of the story is told from his point of view. (By the way, I looked up this condition and it does exist.) His mother has Alzheimers and part of the story is told from her point of view not to mention the points of view of other "unusual" characters that are also represented.

The Memory Artists is almost hallucinatory, layered upon itself endlessly, revolving around the connection between memory, creativity and intelligence. As I was alternating between hilarity and utter confusion, I realized that this book is one of the most imaginative and creative works I've come across in awhile. Some of the cleverness didnt work all that well, such that in the end I had to say that it falls short of being a great novel, or even one of my favorites. But it is highly engaging,

The Memory ArtistsSynaesthesia: Somebody affected by synaethesia may 'experience' colours when they hear or read words, while others 'see' sounds or 'hear' colours.[Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_...]Alzheimer: a form of dementia that gradually gets worse over time. It affects memory, thinking, and behavior.[Source: www.ncbI.nlm.nih.gov]Noel Burun has synaesthesia and his mother, Stella Burun, has Alzheimer. Throughout the novel, we get an insiders view of Noels life as he

Love the topic, not so much the book. It's a really sad book drenched in an air of hopelessness and science fiction, and reading it at the young age of 14 helped neither confidence nor passion in the field of science. On the other hand, a book like "a mango shaped space" might've been more appropriate for introduction to the topic, but this book was nevertheless fascinating.

Brilliant book that plays with style on every page. THe narrotr switches voices so often that it will make you head spin, which is a great feeling when wrapping your head around this book. THe footnotes were amazingly detailed and added a great post modern comic relief to some dense material. This book will make you envious and relieved.