The Man Who Remembered The Moon (Kindle Single), by David Hull
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A haunting, teasing, and enigmatic tale of longing and loss. "A Chekhovian 'Ward No 6' for the new millennium. Beautifully executed, hypnotic shape-shifter." - Christine Fischer Guy, author of The Umbrella Mender Daniel Hale will not be released from an institution until he renounces his belief in a celestial body he calls the moon. Fortunately his doctor, Marvin Pallister, is confident that Daniel can be cured of his condition, soon dubbed Hale-Pallister's Lunacy. "Thoroughly satisfying." - The Globe and Mail (11/27/2015) "A superb story... an ongoing series of surprising revelations/suppositions — surprising, yet satisfying within the rollercoaster logic of its world." - Matthew Sharpe, author of The Sleeping Father and Jamestown A virtuoso vanishing act, a puzzle in die-cut pieces, and at heart a meditation on longing and loss, The Man Who Remembered the Moon is a cerebral yet witty study for fans of Paul Auster, Italo Calvino, David Mitchell and others who skirt the borders of fictional reality.
The Man Who Remembered The Moon (Kindle Single), by David Hull- Amazon Sales Rank: #566722 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-21
- Released on: 2015-06-21
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. "Maybe there is a moon; maybe it's the man who remembered it who isn't real" By J. Chambers One person's perceived reality may be totally different from another person's reality. When Daniel Hale suddenly noticed that the moon was missing from the night sky, he was dumbfounded when his family and friends insisted that there never was a moon. Hale's insistence that the moon had just vanished resulted in his being institutionalized, where psychiatrist Marvin Pallister went to work on him, eventually writing a book about Hale and his imaginary moon.While in the mental hospital, Hale worked tirelessly to prove he was right and the world was wrong. At his wits end at one point, he was ready to give up and surrender the idea of a moon, but Dr. Pallister refused to let him off the hook so easily. The two men continued their mental sparring, using clever logical constructs to make their case. In the end, readers will have to decide for themselves which man's conclusions were the most likely answer to the conundrum.The story was a fascinating and very readable study of how the human mind works to develop and justify people's own realities. Kudos to the author for a well written, engaging story.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. What's real? By R. M. Peterson Daniel Hale (is the similarity to the author's name more than coincidence?) is a young "underachiever", saddled with debt, an aspiring author, and somewhat of a romantic, it would seem. One summer night after he and his girlfriend Helen made love they retreated to the fire escape to cool off, and Daniel noticed that the moon wasn't in the sky. "Where's the moon?", he asked. But Helen didn't know what he was talking about. No one did. There wasn't even any mention of the moon in the sky chart in the daily newspaper. So begins a beguiling tale that explores solipsism and psychiatry. Ultimately, it is Daniel's shrink Dr. Pallister who steals the show. (But, as noted in one of the story's clever lines, "the shrinks have been stealing the light from their subjects ever since Freud.")I do not read a lot of sci-fi or "The Twilight Zone"-type stories, and perhaps I am doing "The Man Who Remembered the Moon" a disservice by invoking that genre. There might be more to the story than I caught. It might, for instance, be an elaborate allegory. For me, it was an entertaining story, with some good lines, striking images, and welcome humor. Although outside my usual realm of reading, the tale was well worth the hour or so required to read it.What I have (courtesy of the author) is the paperback book. It contains a second story, thirteen pages in length, titled "The One about the Ballard Fanatic". It was similar in tone and effect, and it too ended with an uncanny twist. The "Ballard" of the title refers to J.G. Ballard, and no aficionado of J.G. Ballard should miss it.By the way, the paperback edition is a handsome one. Kudos to Dumagrad Books. I will be on the lookout for future offerings from both the publishing house and the author.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. The nature of delusions By Patrick Murtha David Hull's teasing literary fable, The Man Who Remembered the Moon, opens with a gambit that could be considered either Kakfaesque or Twlight Zone-ish - and come to think of it, don't those have something in common? Hull's protagonist no longer sees the moon in the sky, and can't convince anyone that it was once there. They don't know what he's talking about.Now, you are probably already thinking - what about moon references in literature? What about the word "lunar"? What about the tides? Wouldn't it be a lot darker at night? The author is ahead of you.It is not just the absence of the moon that renders the world that Hull describes in this novella unfamiliar. That is often true with Kafka and Rod Serling, too - the worlds in which their possibly delusional protagonists are situated are not quite right anyway.Two peculiarities in the world of Hull's story stood out to me. One, the delusion sufferer is institutionalized over it, and for a long time. We must admit, this could not be our contemporary world. Delusions sometimes used to get you locked up; no longer. We shut down the asylums and made the world the asylum. It saves money, anyway.Two, strongly related to one, the man who remembers the moon insists on trying to bring everyone around, instead of letting the point be. I suppose that would make him more of an institutional candidate. Think about this. Couldn't you make honest statements that would have others looking askance at your good sense, even possibly your sanity? I know I could; I assume that most people could. We just learn to keep quiet about it, or at the very least to pick our audiences carefully.Hull's protagonist has no self-preservational filter; by golly, everyone must be made to understand that there was a moon. Which is more problematic, falling prey to a (possible) delusion, or demanding that the world agrees with your perception of it? The latter is certainly more dangerous.Naturally, I do not want to say how this all plays out in the story, which I recommend to your attention. It is a quick read, and a rewarding one. Hull has a full-length novel announced for a year from now, and I will definitely be reading that book when it appears. It will be interesting to see if it extends the cool, thoughtful tone of The Man Who Remembered the Moon, or goes in a different stylistic direction altogether.
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