Musicofilia

Verhalen Over Muziek En Brein

Auteur Oliver Sacks

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Musicofilia

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ISBN

9789029085038

Bindwijze

Paperback

Taal

Nederlands

Auteur

Oliver Sacks

Uitgeverij

Uitgeverij J.M. Meulenhoff B.V.

Jaar van uitgifte

2010

Aantal pagina's

421

Waar gaat het over?

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.

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