Amnesia <Tab/>Some books are straight-forward stories of day-to-day life in the past or present; such stories are easy to understand because their subject is the surface of things. Reading Amnesia, a book written by Douglas Cooper and published by Random House, is like moving through a dream. Cooper's style suggests waking and dreaming states by discussing situations which seam normal and concrete on the one hand and magical and unrealistic …showed first 75 words of 1475 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1475 total…on coming of age, life, death, and family relations, all issues which human beings usually encounter at some point in their lives, helps readers to find clarity in their own situations as well as to analyze their own issues with more objectivity. Because of Cooper's dream-like and occasionally magical style do not hit too close to home, the reader can consider difficult life questions and to experience troubling emotions within a zone of personal safety.