The memory painter
By: Gwendolyn Womack
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781250053039
Subjects: Alzheimer's disease; Man-woman relationships; Treatment; Artists; Neurogenetics; Dreams; Fiction
Description: Bryan Pierce is an internationally famous artist whose paintings have dazzled the world. But there's a secret to his success: every canvas is inspired by an unusually vivid dream. When Bryan awakes, he possesses extraordinary new skills--like the ability to speak obscure languages and an inexplicable genius for chess. All his life, he's wondered if his dreams are recollections--if he's re-experiencing other people's lives. Linz Jacobs is a neurogeneticist, absorbed in decoding the genes that help the brain make memories, until she's confronted with an exact rendering of a recurring nightmare at one of Bryan's shows. She tracks down the elusive artist, and their meeting triggers Bryan's most powerful dream yet: visions of a team of scientists who, on the verge of discovering a cure for Alzheimer's, died in a lab explosion decades ago.
Notes: "A novel"-- Dust jacket.