{"product_id":"musicophilia-tales-of-music-and-the-brain","title":"Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat\u003c\/i\u003e, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Powerful and compassionate. . . . A book that not only contributes to our understanding of the elusive magic of music but also illuminates the strange workings, and misfirings, of the human mind.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMusicophilia\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Illuminating, inspiring, and utterly unforgettable.\r","brand":"Oliver Sacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44440965611756,"sku":"9781400033539","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781400033539.jpg?v=1720752093","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/musicophilia-tales-of-music-and-the-brain","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}