Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf

by Oliver Sacks

Overview

The bestselling author and "one of the greatest clinical writers of the twentieth century" (New York Times) explores the world of deafness and ponders the nature of human communication.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780330523646
Publisher:	Picador USA
Publication date:	10/28/2011
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Oliver Sacks is the author of nine books, including the acclaimed bestsellers The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat, An Anthropolgist on Mars, and Awakenings, which inspired the Oscar-winning movie of the same name. He is clinical professor of neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, as well as a regular contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and numerous medical and scientific journals.

Hometown:

New York, New York

Date of Birth:

1933

Place of Birth:

London, England

Education:

B.M., B.Ch., Queen's College, Oxford, 1958

Editorial Reviews

Sacks (neurology, Einstein College of Medicine, and well-known as the author of The Man who mistook his wife for a hat) discusses the history, culture, and language of deaf people in the US. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"This book will shake your preconceptions about the deaf, about language and about thought. Sacks [is] one of the finest and most thoughtful writers of our time." —Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Fascinating and richly rewarding. Sacks is a profoundly wise observer." —The Plain Dealer

"One cannot read more than a few pages of Sacks without seeing something in a new way. His breadth of understanding and expression seems limitless." —Kansas City Star

"A remarkable book, penetrating, subtle, persuasive. [It] will likely become a classic." —St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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