Musicophilia
Synopsis
Revised and ExpandedWith the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. In Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he calls "musical misalignments." Among them: a man struck by lightning who suddenly desires to become a pianist at the age of forty-two; an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; people with "amusia," to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans; and a man whose memory spans only seven seconds-for everything but music. Illuminating, inspiring, and utterly unforgettable, Musicophilia is Oliver Sacks' latest masterpiece.From the Trade Paperback edition.
- कॉपीराईट:
- 2008 Oliver Sacks
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9780307267917
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 2018-09-14T01:19:55Z
- भाषा:
- English
- श्रेणी:
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.