One Hundred Names for Love - Brossura

Ackerman, Diane

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ISBN 10: 0393341747 ISBN 13: 9780393341744

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2012

Riassunto

No other writer can blendthe science of the brain with the love of language like Diane Ackerman. In thisextraordinary memoir, she opens a window into the experience ofwordlessness—the language paralysis called aphasia. In narrating the recoveryof her husband, Paul West, from a stroke that reduced his vast vocabulary to asingle syllable, she evokes the joy and mystery of the brain’s ability to findand connect words. Deeply rewarding to readers of all kinds, Ackerman has givenus a literary love story, accessible insight into the science and medicine ofbrain injury, and invaluable spiritual sustenance in the face of life’s myriadphysical sufferings.

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Recensione:

"Their story is an extraordinary love story, and that a devastating stroke intervened has made it only more moving." International Herald Tribune "...inspiring, affecting book..." The Times "Renewed my faith in the redemptive power of love." The New York Times Book Review "A companionable, heartfelt, informative book, this is much more than a memoir." Scottish Sunday Herald "This book is a mature love story, a meditation on vulnerability and resilience, a celebration of the gift of language and a valuable addition to the medical understanding of stroke." Human Givens Journal "An inspiring story of the triumph of love and creativity." Woman Alive "If ever a medical memoir wrested beauty from the bleak, One Hundred Names for Love, by Diane Ackerman, is it." --Jewish Chronicle

L'autore:

Diane Ackerman is the author, most recently, of The Zookeeper's Wife and Dawn Light. Author website: www.dianeackerman.com

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0393341747
• ISBN 13: 9780393341744
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 322