This was pretty much exactly what I wanted: a primer on how memory works, tied in with an analysis and history of one of my favourite Borges stories. I will definitely dip into this book again to refresh my memory.

Pretty good. A bit more technical than Oliver Sacks, but not by much.

A really interesting read. The author tries to use Borges' work as a way to introduce how memory works. It's intriguing how little we know about how memory works and how little we have learnt in the past 150+ years. The brain is another scientific frontier that man has yet to breach. and this book is a timely reminder of how fragile our beachhead is. The parallel track of reviewing Borges' work was a little heavy for me, primarily because I've never read Borges. I found his selected work exciting and very refreshing. Worth the read. Good segue into reading more of Borges.