When pamphleteer Selah Morse witnesses a taxi run down a young woman, he takes her to the hospital and, in telling the staff that he is her boyfriend and that her name is Mora Klein, is given custody of her. She is amnesiac, and his orders are to reconstruct her memories through story. hroughout, Mo
The Way Through Doors
β Scribed by Jesse Ball
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Vintage Books
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 155 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1299244947
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
With his debut novel, Samedi the Deafness , Jesse Ball emerged as one of our most extraordinary new writers. Now, Ball returns with this haunting tale of love and storytelling, hope and identity.
When Selah Morse sees a young woman get hit by a speeding taxicab, he rushes her to the hospital. The girl has lost her memory; she is delirious and has no identification, so Selah poses as her boyfriend. She is released into his care, but the doctor charges him to keep her awake, and to help her remember her past. Through the long night, he tells her stories, inventing and inventing, trying to get closer to what might be true, and hoping she will recognize herself in one of his tales. Offering up moments of pure insight and unexpected, exuberant humor, The Way Through Doors __ demonstrates Jesse Ball's great artistry and gift for and narrative.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
EDITORIAL REVIEW: FANGS OF THE WOLF WORLD Across half a Galaxy, the Terran Empire maintains its sovereignty with the consent of the governed. It is a peaceful reign, held by compact and not by conquest. Again and again, when rebellion threatens the Terran Peace, the natives of the rebelli
Once a rising star in the intelligence agency of the planet Wolf, Race Cargill has been relegated to a boring desk job for years after a particularly brutal case ended in bloodshed. Will the mysterious portal he has discovered help him regain his former prominence?
Through the Magic Doors time has come. A reflective journey through Sir Doyles reading room. As he touches on some of his most beloved stories, he delivers the reader an opportunity to experience a new appreciation and intimate relationships with literature. Like old friends, he shows how they bring