The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
How do you form a relationship with an employer for whom each daily visit is a first-time encounter?
After a car accident, the professor has only 80 minutes of memory at a time before the slate is wiped clean and starts over. He copes by writing himself notes and clipping them to his clothes where they are visible to him as reminders. His life constant is mathematics.
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