The Memory Artists [Hardcover]

Jeffrey Moore (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 220 pages
• Publisher: Penguin; Signed by Author edition (2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670045209
• ISBN-13: 978-0670045204
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,571,604 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly creative, and sophisticated, at the same time, July 14, 2006

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Alex B. Garton (Allentown, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Memory Artists (Paperback)

This novel is truly a delight! At first, I had a hard time keeping the book in my hands, but as I started to become more familiar with the characters, and understand where they were coming from, I could not put it down. The way it blends art, literature, and even music into the story is very much appreciated. I think anyone with a fondness for new ways to tell stories will absolutely love this book. I guarantee you will have trouble convincing yourself this really is fiction, and not a true story. Enjoy!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strange, wonderful but a little too loose, January 10, 2007

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PocketEyes "PocketEyes" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Memory Artists (Paperback)

I loved a lot of this--the eccentricities of JJ's manias, Noel's confusion, Stella's halting recovery--but it didn't all pull together for me. The first 100 pages were slow; it wasn't until the major characters moved into Noel's house and Noel and JJ began to search for the memory remedies throughout history and literature (and Noel's mind) that the book really became alive for me. The ending was also too unstructured, so much so that it left me a bit unsatisfied. Still, even with its faults it's a great read, hypnotic at times.

If you liked this, check out Karen Heuler's The Soft Room and Richard Powers' The Echo Maker, for more journeys into the strange worlds of the mind.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars promising... is about the best thing I can say..., March 12, 2006

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CherubChub (Mesa, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Memory Artists (Paperback)

I picked this up because there's a huge David Mitchell blurb on the front cover... and I love David Mitchell and don't think I've ever seen him blurb another novel... so I had to pick it up and was extremely let down... Jeffrey Moore does have potential, though... his characters are interesting and its obvious that he's creative and has writing talent... but what bothered me about the book was that it relies on characters' disabilities and oddness too much... I never felt like they were real people... they lacked substance...