{"product_id":"musicophilia","title":"Musicophilia","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat\u003c\/i\u003e, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Powerful and compassionate. . . . A book that not only contributes to our understanding of the elusive magic of music but also illuminates the strange workings, and misfirings, of the human mind.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMusicophilia\u003c\/i\u003e, he shows us a variety of what he calls \"musical misalignments.\" Among them: a man struck by lightning who suddenly desires to become a pianist at the age of forty-two; an entire group of children with Williams syndrome, who are hypermusical from birth; people with \"amusia,\" to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans; and a man whose memory spans only seven seconds-for everything but music. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Illuminating, inspiring, and utterly unforgettable.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48841277604045,"sku":"9781400033539","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_a3f0a301-3915-4bfb-b39f-e2a2de7eaf01.jpg?v=1792025830","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/musicophilia","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}