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Title:
Shadows bright as glass : the remarkable story of one man's journey from Brain Trauma to artistic Triumph
Author:
Nutt, Amy Ellis.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Free Press, [2011]

©2011
Physical Description:
x, 272 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:
Alternates descriptions of the most cutting-edge brain science with the story of Jon Sarkin, a mild-mannered chiropractor who, after suffering a massive stroke, became a manic, volatile, and brilliant artist.
Language:
English
Contents:
Thin as a thread -- A thousand screaming baboons -- Rolling the dice -- Six cups of fluid and tissue -- Building a life -- Code blue -- The mechanical mind -- Two halves -- Absolve me -- Puzzle pieces -- Adrift -- A haunted house -- The ghost and the ice pick -- A double consciousness -- The accidental artist -- Proceed with abandon -- Bridging the imaginable -- Art boy -- The inner savant -- Blindsight -- Seeing is believing -- Senses and sensibilities -- The imagination instinct -- Ghosts of the present -- The extended self -- Boltflash -- Working in the dark -- Things speak for themselves -Richard's gift -- Infinity on trial -- The loquacious brain -- Finding Tommy -- Best friends -- Unbound -- Flawed words, stubborn sounds.
ISBN:
9781439143100

9781439143117

9781439150078
Format :
Book