The Fractured Self: Exploring Selfhood in the Neuronovel The Echo Maker and the Neuromemoir Brain on Fire
European Journal of American Studies January 6, 2025 Bonnie Cross
This paper will focus on two works: the neuronovel The Echo Maker (2006) by Richard Powers, a fictional account of Mark Schluter who suffers from Capgras Syndrome, that is, a rare neurological condition that results in the patient’s belief that their loved ones have been replaced with exact copies; and the neuromemoir Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (2012) by Susannah Cahalan, which...