Remainder
by Tom McCarthy · first published 2007
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A man receives fabulous recompense for a traumatic accident, and completes his recovery with an unusual therapy program that slowly spirals out of control.
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…Kafkaesque, conceptual short stories that all also have real portraits of humanity when faced with extreme circumstances. It's my favorite thing I've read in years. Other fiction I would recommend: - Remainder by Tom McCarthy, a novel that dives deep into a weird cognitive question. I first read it about 8 years ago and it changed my idea of what a novel could be. - Where'd you go Bernadette? by Maria Semple.…
on “Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List?” ↗…curious about. Don't limit yourself to nonfiction, if you're interested in memory maybe you could pick up Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow or maybe you could choose Tom McCarthy's amazing novel Remainder. If you're interested in live performance maybe you could pick up Viola Spolin's Improvisation for the Theater or maybe try Philip Roth's Sabbath's Theater. Then repeat, follow your curiosity again.…
on “Ask HN: Are books worth it?” ↗Satin Island and Remainder by Tom McCarthy had me livid and apoplectic! His writing style is devoid of emotion which is what triggered that for me. I’m reading his current novel Making of Incarnation and it is similarly emotionless…
on “Ask HN: What book have you read recently that had your emotions run wild?” ↗