Book – Man Walks Into A Room
Nicole Krauss

The first novel by Nicole Krauss (author of The History of Love which I read last month) is about a College Professor who loses much of his memory and how he readjusts to life with no recollections after the age of 12. He does not remember his wife or his mother’s death and struggles to find meaning in being a blank page to write new memories on.

The novel is very philosophical in style and is beautifully written. The sort of book that you could rush through but prefer to take slowly to enjoy the prose. I am writing this only a few hours after finishing it and am still feeling a little unsure about whether I enjoyed it or not. It is quite different in style from The History of Love, though the characters are very fully formed as in her more recent book, this one is not as plot-driven. It certainly presents some very interesting ideas and challenged me to think around the central ideas of the novel. I suspect it will continue to stay in my thoughts in the next few weeks and grow from there.