Instant drama and possibilities. "Real, diagnosable amnesia -- people getting knocked on the head and forgetting their names -- is mostly just a rumor in the world," writes Lethem in his introduction.

Not all amnesia stories are created equal. In the right hands, an amnesia story can become a sophisticated reflection on memory.

“I Forgot to Remember”: Living with amnesia A woman who lost all memories from the first 22 years of her life describes what it's like to rebuild yourself ...

In the upcoming thriller Before I Go to Sleep , Nicole Kidman stars as a woman who's grappling to remember what happened in her past. The amnesia plot line works, as it does for every film ...

Krystal Ball exposes German hypocrisy in their approach to the Greek debt crisis and explains why Americans should care about what happens to Greece.

The catch is that the protagonist is MacLean himself, and his book isn t an international thriller but a memoir of amnesia, as his agreeably paradoxical subtitle puts it the true story of how his ...

Forget ‘50 First Dates’ — I went on 50,000 with my husband and I didn’t remember my own child ...

Books A trip down memory lane after amnesia: Author Su Meck comes home to a hometown she can't remember Updated: Oct. 02, 2014, 11:33 a.m. | Published: Oct. 02, 2014 ...

Book cover, “I Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia” by Su Meck and Daniel de Vise. (Simon and Schuster) ...

The well-worn trope of a person suffering amnesia receives a fresh update in “The Stranger in the Mirror,” thanks to appealing characters and Liv Constantine’s energetic storytelling.