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Musicophilia

By Oliver Sacks

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Musicophilia

By Oliver Sacks

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With 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.
Product details
Release Date:
2019-06-28
Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Publisher:
Bolinda/Macmillan Audio
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
1529011957
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