{"product_id":"seeing-voices-oliver-sacks-9780375704079","title":"Seeing Voices","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe renowned neurologist and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat \u003c\/i\u003etakes us on a journey into the world of deaf culture, and the underpinnings of the remarkable visual language of the congenitally deaf. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book will shake your preconceptions about the deaf, about language and about thought.... One of the finest and most thoughtful writers of our time.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, \u003c\/i\u003e this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture. In \u003ci\u003eSeeing Voices, \u003c\/i\u003eOliver Sacks turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the result is a deeply felt portrait of a minority struggling for recognition and respect--a minority with its own rich, sometimes astonishing, culture and unique visual language, an extraordinary mode of communication that tells us much about the basis of language in hearing people as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeing Voices\u003c\/i\u003e is, as Studs Terkel has written, \"an exquisite, as well as revelatory, work.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oliver Sacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375704078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375704079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/12\/2003 pg. 158","brand":"Oliver Sacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046067073279,"sku":"9780375704079","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_090e8834-0961-4c9d-8441-22922384eeb8.jpg?v=1684982429","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seeing-voices-oliver-sacks-9780375704079","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}