One Hundred Names for Love
Author | : Diane Ackerman |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2012-03-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780393341744 |
ISBN-13 | : 0393341747 |
Rating | : 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Download or read book One Hundred Names for Love written by Diane Ackerman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.