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Title: Shadow Man

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Jeffrey Fleishman

Narrator: Steven Cooper

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-13

Publisher: ernest w fleischer

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Foreign correspondent James Ryan was there whenever the world changed: in the Middle East, in the Balkans, in the former Soviet bloc. But now he can't remember these events; he can't recall anything long-term, except the summer of his fifteenth year following his mother's death. It was the summer his father told him to call him Kurt. The summer the mysterious and enchanting Vera burst into their lonely, quiet lives. The summer his own world opened, then irrevocably changed.

James, at fifty-two, suffers from a severe case of early onset Alzheimer's. The novel unravels James's predicament through the clear glimpses he retains of that long ago summer, and through the desperate attempts of his wife and his nurse to bring him back to the present, if only for stolen moments. Each has her motives: his wife trying not to lose the man with whom she shared so much - wars, death, love, loss of a child, history. And his nurse, the half sister he never knew he had, needing James's adolescent memory to understand the biological father and mother she never met.

Told from the perspective of a man betrayed by his own mind, Shadow Man is a novel of identity and suspense that travels across continents and deep into the pasts that make us each who we are. It explores the power of memory to heal and to mask, and of the limits of unconditional love. Set in Philly and the eastern shore of yesteryear, in the Middle East, and throughout Eastern Europe, Fleishman's trademark descriptive but spare lyricism shines. Shadow Man is a touching and haunting novel perhaps most similar to The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, though it is a work of fiction.

Critic Reviews:

"Fleishman's writing is lyrical and quite lovely. . .[He] uses multiple perspectives and a broken sense of time to build an image of the mind losing its grip on the present." (Los Angeles Times)

"Vibrant prose and masterful shifts in narrative temporalities make this psychological-noir a must-read." (Publishers Weekly)

Effortless elegance powers Jeffrey Fleishmans prose, lending it a dreamy grace. He brings you along into this other world, in which mystery and the mind are the same, and at times you feel as though your guide is Marguerite Duras or perhaps Michael Ondaatje. (Steve Lopez, author of The Soloist)

Members Reviews:

so beautifully realized and the writing is pure poetry

What a moving novel, so beautifully realized and the writing is pure poetry. I often found myself choked up, what a memorable novel.

Excellent novel

Its a fast moving and thought provocative story, with beautiful descriptions of places around the world.The underlying story of dealing with early onset Alzheimer is well described to force the reader to think through emotions if someone you loved had it. Highly recommend.

Excellent "book club" read!

Brilliant visually descriptive writing - very good read for a book club. After the last page is turned, I felt the need to discuss its many facets with other readers. Shadow Man is a thought-provoking story - stories - expertly woven together.

Beautiful imagery and lyrical writing

Fleishman knows how to create a strong sense of place. This page-turner kept me enthralled with each character and locale while deftly dealing with the sensitive subject of memory loss. Beautiful imagery and lyrical writing - loved it!

Great book

Read it in one sitting.