Seeing Voices, 9780330523646
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A silent world speaks volumes through sight, language, and culture.

Seeing Voices

A Journey into the World of the Deaf

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    31 July 2012

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Summary

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.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780330523646
ISBN-10:0330523643
Author:Oliver Sacks
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Picador
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Edition:11000th
Release Date:31 July 2012
Weight:168g
Dimensions:196mm x 129mm x 16mm
Series:Picador
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Seeing Voices is a manifesto, characteristically humane and impassioned; once more, Sacks proves he is the doyen of science with a human face.

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 *

About The Author

Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks is a physician and the author of ten previous books, including most recently, Musicophilia. He 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.

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