| One Hundred Names for Love Contributor(s): Ackerman, Diane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393341747 ISBN-13: 9780393341744 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.57" W x 8.27" (0.58 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is a truism that lovers have their own language. And the love story--extending over more than forty years--of acclaimed writers Diane Ackerman and Paul West is equally a story of the love of language and its mysteries. In this heart-warming, uplifting memoir, Ackerman explores the brain's ability to find and connect words--and of the latest science behind what happens when it fails to do so. Exposing both the terror of losing language and the giddy exhilaration of its recovery, Ackerman opens a window into the experience of wordlessness and testifies to the joyous necessity of wordplay for the health of both mind and spirit. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ackerman, Diane: - Diane Ackerman has been the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the best-selling The Zookeeper's Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives in Ithaca, New York. |