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"Two men--Seth Walker, a teenager trying to understand the genetic nature of his mother's early onset Alzheimer's, and Abel Haggard, an elderly hunchback who spends his days alone on the family farm thinking about the past--are linked by their mothers' stories of a fantasy world in which the lack of memory is a blessing."@en
"In Stefan Merrill Block's extraordinary debut, three narratives intertwine to create a story that is by turns funny, smart, introspective, and revelatory. Abel Haggard is an elderly hunchback who haunts the remnants of his family's farm in the encroaching shadow of the Dallas suburbs, adrift in recollections of those he loved and lost long ago. As a young man, he believed himself to be "the one person too many"; now he is all that remains. Hundreds of miles to the south, in Austin, Seth Waller is a teenage "Master of Nothingness"'a prime specimen of that gangly, pimple-rashed, too-smart breed of adolescent that vanishes in a puff of sarcasm at the slightest threat of human contact. When his mother is diagnosed with a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's, Seth sets out on a quest to find her lost relatives and to conduct an "empirical investigation" that will uncover the truth of her genetic history. Though neither knows of the other's existence, Abel and Seth are linked by a dual legacy: the disease that destroys the memories of those they love, and the story of Isidora'an edenic fantasy world free from the sorrows of remembrance, a land without memory where nothing is ever possessed, so nothing can be lost. Through the fusion of myth, science, and storytelling, this novel offers a dazzling illumination of the hard-learned truth that only through the loss of what we consider precious can we understand the value of what remains. From the Hardcover edition."@en
"À 70 ans, Abel Haggard vit près de Dallas au Texas avec le souvenir de son amour Mae et de leur fille, Jamie. Près d'Austin, Seth Waller, 15 ans, enquête sur l'histoire génétique de sa mère Jamie, atteinte d'une forme foudroyante de la maladie d'Alzheimer. Seth et Abel ne se connaissent pas mais ont en point commun une enfance bercée par les légendes d'une cité mythique, Isadora. Premier roman.--[Memento]."
"Resigned to memories of the family he has lost, seventy-year-old recluse Abel Haggard spends his life alone on the family farm while, hundreds of miles away, fifteen-year-old Seth Waller seeks to uncover his mother's genetic history after a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's."
"Resigned to memories of the family he has lost, seventy-year-old recluse Abel Haggard spends his life alone on the family farm while, hundreds of miles away, fifteen-year-old Seth Waller seeks to uncover his mother's genetic history after a diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's."@en
"At seventy, Abel is a hermit, resigned to memories of the family he has lost. Hundreds of miles away, in suburban Austin, fifteen year old Seth is devastated when his mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Though neither one knows of the other's existence, Seth and Abel share a unique tradition."

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"Belletristische Darstellung"
"Fiction"
"Fiction"@en
"Fantasy fiction"@en
"Fantasy fiction"
"Popular literature"
"Romans (teksten)"
"Electronic books"@en

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"Unohdettujen tarinoiden kirja"@fi
"Wie ich mich einmal in alles verliebte Roman"
"Histoire de l'oubli : roman"
"The story of forgetting : a novel"
"The story of forgetting : a novel"@en
"Io non ricordo"
"Io non ricordo"@it
"Wie ich mich einmal in alles verliebte : Roman"
"The story of forgetting"
"Histoire de l'oubli roman"
"The story of forgetting a novel"
"The story of forgetting a novel"@en
"En fortælling om at glemme : roman"@da
"Histoire De L'Oubli"
"The story of Forgetting : a novel"
"Een geschiedenis van vergeten"
"En fortælling om at glemme "ROMANKASSE" : roman"@da

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