| Man Walks Into a Room | |
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| Author(s) | Nicole Krauss |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication date | 2002 |
Man Walks Into a Room, published in the United States by Doubleday on May 1, 2002,[1] is the first novel by American writer Nicole Krauss.
A meditation on memory and personal history, solitude and intimacy, the novel was critically acclaimed,[2] [1] won praise from Susan Sontag and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award. The movie rights to the novel were optioned by Richard Gere.
Set in 1957 and the present day, the novel tells the story of Samson Greene, a young and popular professor at Columbia University, who is found wandering in the Nevada desert with no memory of his previous life.
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