The Book of Memory

Name: The Book of Memory
Brand: Granta
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By: Mark Rowlands

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Hardcover | 11 November 2025

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160 Pages

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19.8 x 12.9

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'The book of you is dominated by night-black seas, sprinkled with shining island sentences: tiny islets of remembrance, glimmering in the night.'

Memory isn't all that we think it is. Each time we revisit even our most deeply ingrained memories, they can soften and consolidate, distorted. Yet they also carry within them the blueprint of each person's unique style. From episodic memories like shining islands in dark water, and forgotten memories that underpin our personalities, to the memories authored by others that we carry within us, Rowlands explores our negotiations with the past and how memory makes us who we are.

Drawing on the latest neurological and psychological research and on a range of writers and thinkers, The Book of Memory is a mesmerising journey into how memories are made, lost and remembered, with important consequences for how we understand ourselves.

About the Author

Mark Rowlands was born in Newport, Wales. He is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami and the author of over twenty books, including the bestselling The Philosopher and the Wolf, and most recently The Happiness of Dogs, both also published by Granta. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages.

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