Seeing Voices

A Journey into the World of the Deaf

Oliver Sacks

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Picador
01 August 2012

Imaginative and insightful, Seeing Voices offers a way into a world that is, for many people, alien and unfamiliar - for to be profoundly deaf is not just to live in a world of silence, but also to live in a world where the visual is paramount. In this remarkable book, Oliver Sacks explores the consequences of this, including the different ways in which the deaf and the hearing learn to categorise their respective worlds - and how they convey and communicate those experiences to others.

By: Oliver Sacks
Imprint: Picador
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 168g
ISBN: 9780330523646
ISBN 10: 0330523643
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 August 2012
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Oliver Sacks is a physician and the author of many books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Awakenings (which inspired the Oscar-nominated film) and Musicophilia. Born in London and educated at Oxford, he now lives in New York City, where he is Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is the first, and only, Columbia University Artist, and is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2008, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire. For more information, visit www.oliversacks.com

Reviews for Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf

Seeing Voices is a manifesto, characteristically humane and impassioned; once more, Sacks proves he is the doyen of science with a human face. * Sunday Times * Empathetic, intelligent and compassionate. * Guardian * A passionate meditation on the richness of sign language. * Independent * Scholarly and carefully documented, Seeing Voices makes the gigantic leap so essential to understanding total deafness. * Sunday Telegraph *