{"product_id":"the-darker-the-night-the-paul-broks-9780307985798","title":"The Darker the Night, the Brighter the Stars: A Neuropsychologist's Odyssey Through Consciousness","description":"When celebrated neuropsychologist Paul Broks's wife died of cancer, it sparked a journey of grief and reflection that traced a lifelong attempt to understand how the brain gives rise to the soul. The result of that journey is a gorgeous, evocative meditation on fate, death, consciousness, and what it means to be human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Darker the Night, The Brighter the Stars \u003c\/i\u003eweaves a scientist's understanding of the mind - its logic, its nuance, \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e we think about what makes a person - with a poet's approach to humanity, that crucial and ever-elusive \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e. It's a story that unfolds through the centuries, along the path of humankind's constant quest to discover what makes us human, and the answers that consistently slip out of our grasp. It's modern medicine and psychology and ancient tales; history and myth combined; fiction and the stranger truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But, most importantly, it's Broks' story, grounded in his own most fascinating cases as a clinician--patients with brain injuries that revealed something fundamental about the link between the raw stuff of our bodies and brains and the ineffable \u003ci\u003eselves\u003c\/i\u003e we take for who we are. Tracing a loose arc of loss, acceptance, and renewal, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehe unfolds striking, imaginative stories of everything from Schopenhauer to the Greek philosophers to jazz guitarist Pat Martino in order to sketch a multifaceted view of humanness that is as heartbreaking at it is affirming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Broks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307985792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307985798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018 pg. 111","brand":"Paul Broks","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981549502719,"sku":"9780307985798","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4cc9f22-419e-4b3b-aa05-9dd12126a5ad.jpg?v=1683256222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-darker-the-night-the-paul-broks-9780307985798","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}