One Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir
Author | : Diane Ackerman |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2011-04-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780393081824 |
ISBN-13 | : 0393081826 |
Rating | : 4/5 (826 Downloads) |
Download or read book One Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir written by Diane Ackerman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.