One Hundred Names for Love
Synopsis
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
Finalist for the National Book Circle Critics Award
"A testament to the power of creativity in language, life--and love." --Heller McAlpin, Washington Post
No other writer can blend the science of the brain with the love of language like Diane Ackerman. In this extraordinary memoir, she opens a window into the experience of wordlessness--the language paralysis called aphasia. In narrating the recovery of her husband, Paul West, from a stroke that reduced his vast vocabulary to a single syllable, she evokes the joy and mystery of the brain's ability to find and connect words. Deeply rewarding to readers of all kinds, Ackerman has given us a literary love story, accessible insight into the science and medicine of brain injury, and invaluable spiritual sustenance in the face of life's myriad physical sufferings.
- Derechos de autor:
- 2011 Diane Ackerman
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9780393081824
- Publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Date of Addition:
- 2017-04-13T13:01:56Z
- Idioma:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.