{"product_id":"9781400033539","title":"Musicophilia","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Illuminating, inspiring, and utterly unforgettable.","brand":"Sacks, Oliver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ Social Sciences","offer_id":42360908382432,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f1eda20b-9952-4088-89bf-b3a88a49d295.jpg?v=1732302419","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9781400033539","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}