Man Walks Into a Room
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Man Walks Into a Room, published in the United States
by Doubleday
on May 1, 2002
, is the first novel
by American writer Nicole Krauss
.
A meditation on memory and personal history, solitude and intimacy, the novel was critically acclaimed, 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.
United States
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by Doubleday
Doubleday
-History:It was founded as Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 by Frank Nelson Doubleday, who had formed a partnership with magazine publisher Samuel McClure. One of their first bestsellers was The Day's Work by Rudyard Kipling. Other authors published by the company in its early years include W....
on May 1, 2002
2002 in literature
The year 2002 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*March 16: Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested and jailed poet Abdul Mohsen Musalam and fired a newspaper editor following the publication of Musalam's poem The Corrupt on Earth that criticized the state's Islamic...
, is the first novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by American writer Nicole Krauss
Nicole Krauss
Nicole Krauss is an American author best known for her novels Man Walks Into a Room , The History of Love and, most recently, Great House...
.
A meditation on memory and personal history, solitude and intimacy, the novel was critically acclaimed, won praise from Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag was an American author, literary theorist, feminist and political activist whose works include On Photography and Against Interpretation.-Life:...
and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award. The movie rights to the novel were optioned by Richard Gere
Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gere is an American actor. He began acting in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and a starring role in Days of Heaven. He came to prominence in 1980 for his role in the film American Gigolo, which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol...
.
Set in 1957 and the present day, the novel tells the story of Samson Greene, a young and popular professor at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, who is found wandering in the Nevada desert with no memory of his previous life.