Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Revised and Expanded

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 09/23/2008
ISBN: 9781400033539
Pages: 425
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.10d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 10/19/2008 pg. 28