One Hundred Names for Love by Diane Ackerman
It is a truism that lovers have their own language. And the love story—extending over more than forty years—of acclaimed writers Diane Ackerman and Paul West is equally a story of the love of language and its mysteries. In this heart-warming, uplifting memoir, Ackerman explores the brain’s ability to find and connect words—and of the latest science behind what happens when it fails to do so. Exposing both the terror of losing language and the giddy exhilaration of its recovery, Ackerman opens a window into the experience of wordlessness and testifies to the joyous necessity of wordplay for the health of both mind and spirit.
"This book…has renewed my faith in the redemptive power of love" -- Abraham Verghese - New York Times Book Review
"Breathtaking…hollowed out my chest…A splendid book." -- Karen R. Long - Cleveland Plain Dealer
"The driving emotional story, told with skill, is the retrieval of the exciting intimacy of language, which can have a healing power beyond that of medical science." -- Terri Apter - Times Literary Supplement
"Engrossing, affecting, sweetly funny, and mind-opening." -- Donna Seaman - Booklist (starred review)
"Breathtaking…hollowed out my chest…A splendid book." -- Karen R. Long - Cleveland Plain Dealer
"The driving emotional story, told with skill, is the retrieval of the exciting intimacy of language, which can have a healing power beyond that of medical science." -- Terri Apter - Times Literary Supplement
"Engrossing, affecting, sweetly funny, and mind-opening." -- Donna Seaman - Booklist (starred review)
Diane Ackerman has been the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the best-selling The Zookeeper's Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives in Ithaca, New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393341744 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393341747 |
| Title | One Hundred Names for Love |
| Author | Diane Ackerman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2012-04-27 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Award 2011 |
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