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Posted by EscherDementian on March 12, 2004, at 6:01:10
...and Other Clinical Tales"
This title sounds too delicious. It brings to mind a suggestion of ANYTHING by author "James Thurber" , and the preface & drawing in the very first page by author Antoine De Saint-Exupery in "The Little Prince".i don't know if i shall find either humour OR something good for my child-soul in "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat" ,
but i've ordered it and will begin it as soon as i can get it!Special thanx' to terrics, fallsfall and gg!
Posted by Jai Narayan on March 12, 2004, at 7:50:27
In reply to The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat..., posted by EscherDementian on March 12, 2004, at 6:01:10
> ...and Other Clinical Tales"
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> This title sounds too delicious. It brings to mind a suggestion of ANYTHING by author "James Thurber" , and the preface & drawing in the very first page by author Antoine De Saint-Exupery in "The Little Prince".
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> i don't know if i shall find either humour OR something good for my child-soul in "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat" ,
> but i've ordered it and will begin it as soon as i can get it!* I grew up on these and many other books. I now quote Thurber while at work....the topic being getting older.
I absolutely loved "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice through the looking glass".
I grew up with everything appearing to me in reverse (mirror) image. So I could relate to her trip into the mirror and I absolutely delighted in the antics of silliness...the sillier the better...used to be my mantra. I love the shop that turned into a boat with the knitting sheep....I tried to find my book but nothing is easy today....ever have days when even the most simple of tasks is hard? I am.
Posted by DSCH on March 21, 2004, at 9:20:08
In reply to The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat..., posted by EscherDementian on March 12, 2004, at 6:01:10
> ...and Other Clinical Tales"
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> This title sounds too delicious. It brings to mind a suggestion of ANYTHING by author "James Thurber" , and the preface & drawing in the very first page by author Antoine De Saint-Exupery in "The Little Prince".
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> i don't know if i shall find either humour OR something good for my child-soul in "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat"This is indeed an awesome book, but the title is perhaps a bit too whimsical. These are popular literary renditions of Sack's clinical case studies.
The title refers to a professor of music who had some form of progressive deterioration of visual faculties that left him unable to properly process and relate with all but the most rudimentary objects.
http://www.macalester.edu/~psych/whathap/diaries/diariess98/debbie/wife%20or%20hat
Posted by EscherDementian on April 22, 2004, at 2:18:02
In reply to Re: The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat... » EscherDementian, posted by DSCH on March 21, 2004, at 9:20:08
Finished reading it.
It did not have any info about synaesthesia (which is what i was looking for), but it was an informative read about othre unusual conditions.Thanx
& Hi DSCH
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