Sound: A Memoir of Hearing Lost and Found

Bathurst, Bella

ISBN 10: 177164382X / ISBN 13: 9781771643825

Edité par Greystone Books, 2018

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G177164382XI4N10

Synopsis :

"Bathurst is a restless, curious writer... After reading this book, I found myself listening in a richer and more interested way." -- Guardian

A profound, beautifully written exploration of sound by a young woman who lost her hearing, then regained it.

In this surprising and moving book, award-winning writer Bella Bathurst shares the extraordinary true story of how she lost her hearing and eventually regained it and what she learned from her twelve years of deafness. Diving into a wide-ranging exploration of silence and noise, she interviews psychologists, ear surgeons, and professors to uncover fascinating insights about the science of sound. But she also speaks with ordinary people who are deaf or have lost their hearing, including musicians, war veterans, and factory workers, to offer a perceptive, thought-provoking look at what sound means to us.

If sight gives us the world, then hearing--or our ability to listen--gives us our connections with other people. But, as this smart, funny, and profoundly honest examination reveals, our relationship with sound is both more personal and far more complex than we might expect.

À propos de l'auteur:

Bella Bathurst is a writer, photojournalist, and furniture maker. She has written four nonfiction books, including The Lighthouse Stevensons, which won the 1999 Somerset Maugham Award, and a novel, Special, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Observer, and many other outlets.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Sound: A Memoir of Hearing Lost and Found
Éditeur : Greystone Books
Date d'édition : 2018
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket