Musicophilia
02 September 2011
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
‘A humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for us. This book is filled with wonders’ – Daily Telegraph
Oliver Sacks’ compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own minds. In Musicophilia,...
Details
02 September 2011
448 pages
9780330523592
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Fascinating. Music, as Sacks explains, 'can pierce the heart directly'. And this is the truth that he so brilliantly focuses upon – that music saves, consoles and nourishes us.Daily Mail
An elegantly outlined series of case studies . . . which reveal the depth to which music grips so many people.Observer