Title: Musicophilia

    书名：《恋音乐》

    Author: Oliver Sacks

    作者：奥利弗•萨克斯

    Publisher: Knopf

    出版商：挪波夫出版社

    Renowned essayist-neurologist Oliver Sacks revels in the complex and inexplicable relationship between music and the human brain in this fascinating exploration. Structured as a series of medical case studies, Sacks makes the argument that music is essential to human beings in mysterious ways that have only begun to be understood. He illustrates this through various stories which include his own experiences with amusia, tales of patients afflicted with Tourette's or Parkinson's whose symptoms are mitigated through certain forms of music, and a man who discovers a newfound passion for the concert piano after being struck by lightning. Sacks is undeniably erudite, yet he manages to keep his writing congenial and accessible. He leads the reader to a better appreciation of the unfathomable workings of the human mind and the central role music plays in our lives. Indeed, music occupies more areas of the brain than even language does. Sacks does an effective job in showing us that we are undeniably a musical species. ......