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Chargement... The Answer to the Riddle Is Me: A Memoir of Amnesiapar David Stuart MacLean
   Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  akblanchard | Jan 24, 2021 |    ) prpalmen | Mar 18, 2014 | I was surprised to see that Rayna Gellert had written a song based on MacLean's experience. It is on her new CD. Apparently they are friends. Small world! ( ) njcur | Feb 13, 2014 | I thought parts of the book were fascinating, especially the first few chapters. I did find David to be an annoying and unlikeable person. His constant drinking was irritating and very off putting. It made him seem completely stupid and irresponsible, especially to the potential for further brain damage. I do not see myself rereading this book. (  ) JanaRose1 | Jan 16, 2014 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"In 2002, at age twenty-eight, David MacLean "woke up" in a foreign land with his memory wiped clean. No money. No passport. No identity. Taken to a mental hospital by the police, MacLean then started to hallucinate so severely he had to be tied down. Soon he could remember song lyrics and scenes from television shows, but not his family, his friends, or the woman he loved. All of these symptoms, it turned out, were the result of the commonly prescribed malarial medication he was taking. Upon his return to the States, he struggled to piece together the fragments of his former life in a harrowing, absurd, and unforgettable journey back to himself. A deeply felt, closely researched, and intensely personal book, The Answer to the Riddle Is Me, drawn from MacLean's award-winning This American Life essay, confronts and celebrates the dark, mysterious depths of our psyches and the myriad ways we are all unknowable, especially to ourselves. "-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The culprit behind MacLean's breakdown is Lariam, a powerful anti-malarial drug that is still prescribed, despite its well-documented track record of dangerous effects on the brain and central nervous system.
This beautifully-written memoir starts out strong, but goes on a little too long for the story it is trying to tell. I grew tired of reading about all of MacLean's vivid dreams. On the whole, however, this is the affecting memoir of a man lost and found. (